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
Bledsoe County
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. Herpetol. Rev. 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.
White County
Faust, T. M. 2008. Geographic distribution. Anaxyrus americanus. Herpetol. Rev. 39:361.