New County Records and Other Data Since 1996

Bufo americanus Holbrook - American Toad

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 new county records as they pertain to the Bufo americanus follow:

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Changes

The genus Bufo 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 bufonid species were placed in the genus Anaxyrus. 

New County Records

Schacher, W. H. and T. H. Henry. 2001. New county records for amphibians from Bledsoe County, Tennessee. Herpetol. Rev. 32:197-198.

Coffee County

English, R., and A. English. 2000. Geographic distribution. Bufo americanus. Herpetol. Rev. 31:249-250.

Knox County 

Faust, T.M.  2008.  Geographic distribution.  Anaxyrus americanus.  Herpetol. Rev. 39:104.

Lincoln County 

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

Marshall County 

Haislip, N.  2007.  Geographic distribution.  Bufo americanus.  Herpetol. Rev. 38:473.

Moore and Warren Counties

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.

Rutherford County 

Glorioso, B. M. and M. L. Niemiller.  2006.  Geographic distribution.  Bufo americanus americanus.  Herpetol. Rev. 37:98.

Scott County

English, R., and A. English. 2000. Geographic distribution. Bufo americanus. Herpetol. Rev. 31:249-250.