New County Records and Other Data Since 1996

Rana catesbeiana Shaw - Bullfrog

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 applicable taxonomic and nomenclatural changes and numerous reports of new county records have appeared in the literature. Comments, accompanied by cited references, on the taxonomic and nomenclatural changes plus bibliographical information on county records as they pertain to Rana catesbeiana follow:

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Changes

The genus Rana was split by Frost et al. (2006, The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297:1-370), and all eastern North American ranid species placed in the genus Lithobates.

 New County Records

Cannon, Claiborne, Hickman, Loudon, McNairy, Smith and Unicoi counties 

Glorioso, B.  2011. American Bullfrog. Pp. 304-306 In M. L. Niemiller and R. G. Reynolds (eds.), The amphibians of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. 369 pp.

Gibson County

Hall, J. M.  2008.  Geographic distribution.  Lithobates catesbeianus.  Herpetol. Rev. 39:479.

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.

Jefferson County 

Faust, T. M.  2009.  Geographic distribution.  Lithobates catesbeianus.  Herpetol. Rev. 40:109.

Lawrence County

Messer, H.A. and B.P. Butterfield.  2007.  New records for anurans from Lawrence County, Tennessee.  Herpetol. Rev. 38:245.

Marion County 

Davenport, J. M., J. R. Ennen, and A. F. Scott. 2005. New records for amphibians from counties in south-central Tennessee.  Herpetol. Rev. 36:209-210.

Marshall County 

Haislip, N.  2007.  Geographic distribution.  Rana catesbeiana.  Herpetol. Rev. 38:477.

Maury County

Stewart, Brian.  2010.  Geographic distribution.  Lithobates catesbeianus.  Herpetol. Rev. 41:104.

Moore County

Niemiller, M.L., B.M. Glorioso, G.R. Wyckoff, III, and J.K. Spiess.  2007.  New county records for amphibians in Middle Tennessee.  Herpetol. Rev. 38:234.

Trousdale County

Glorioso, B.M. and J. Pruett.  2007.  New records for amphibians and reptiles from Trousdale County, Tennessee.  Herpetol. Rev. 38: 247-248.