New County Records and Other Data Since 1996

Rana clamitans Latreille - Green Frog

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 clamitans 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

          Miller, J. L.  2004.  Geographic distribution. Rana clamitans.  Herpetol. Rev. 35:407.

Gibson County 

Hall, J.M.  2008.  Geographic distribution. Lithobates clamitans.  Herpetol. Rev. 39:234.

Haywood County

Butterfield, B. P., M. Hargreaves, and A. Reed. 1999. Geographic distribution. Rana clamitans clamitans. Herpetol. Rev. 30:107.

Jefferson County 

Faust, T. M.  2009.  Geographic distribution.  Lithobates clamitans.  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.

Lewis 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.

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.

Robertson County

Brown, T. D. and N. L. Parker.  2004.  Geographic distribution. Rana clamitans. Herpetol. Rev. 35:185. 

The authors of this report have indicated that the coordinates they gave should have read 36 37.71N, 87 05.93W instead of 36.3771N, 87.0593W.

Rutherford County 

Niemiller, M. L. and B. T. Miller.  2005.  Rana clamitans melanota.  Predation.  Herpetol. Rev. 36:440. 

           Although not pointed out by the authors, this article includes the first published record of Rana clamitans from Rutherford County.

Trousdale County

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

Williamson County

English, R., and A. English. 2000. Geographic distribution. Rana clamitans.  Herpetol. Rev. 31:252.