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.