New County Records and Other Data Since 1996
Hyla versicolor Le Conte - Gray Tree Frog
Hyla chrysoscelis Cope - Cope's Gray Treefrog
Since publication of Atlas of Amphibians in Tennessee (Redmond, W. H. and A. F. Scott. 1996. The Center for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. 94 pp.), several reports of new distribution records have appeared in the literature. Bibliographical information for those pertaining to the H. versicolor/H. chrysoscelis complex are listed below by counties, which are arranged alphabetically:
Anderson County
Copeland, J. E. 2008. Hyla versicolor/chrysoscelis sibling species complex. Geographic distribution. Herpetol. Rev. 39:478.
Bradley, Cocke, Fayette and
McNairy counties
Reynolds, R. G. 2011. Copes Gray Treefrog and Gray Treefrog. Pp. 271-274 In M. L. Niemiller and R. G. Reynolds (eds.), The amphibians of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. 369 pp.
Haywood County
Stanley, J. 2005. A herpetofaunal inventory of the Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge in Haywood County, Tennessee. Honors thesis, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, Tennessee. 41 pp.
Houston and Humphreys counties
Scott, A. F., S. Sutton, and S. Williamson. 2000. New county records of amphibians and turtles from the Western Highland Rim of central Tennessee. Herpetol. Rev. 31:117-118.
Scott County
Campbell, T. S. 2002. New records for amphibians in the Big South Fork region of Tennessee. Herpetol. Rev. 33:230-231.