New County Records and Other Data Since 1996

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. Following are an updated distribution map and bibliographical information for new county records as they pertain to the Hyla versicolor/chrysoscelis complex:

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.

Carter County

Gwyn, S. E. and J. E. Copeland. 2017. Geographic distribution: Hyla chrysoscelis/versicolor. Herpetol. Rev. 48:584.

Hancock County

Daniels, S. D., S. A. Dykes and R. L. P. Wyatt. 2012. New amphibian and reptile county records for eight counties in East Tennessee, USA.  Herpetol. Rev. 43:313-315.

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.

Hickman and Lawrence counties 

Foster, N. Y., C. Conway, M. Dillashaw, M. Christensen, M. Williams, M. A. Blackmore, S. Burress, B. Ferguson, A. Feustel, C. Gibson, C. Hargrove, J. Johnston, W. Kerr, C. King, A. G. Lowry, T. Manor, B. Mashburn, R. Melson, N. Newton, K. Sanders, A. Villaneuva, H. Weber and J. White.   2013. Geographic distribution of herpetofauna of Middle Tennessee. Herpetol. Rev. 44:484-486.

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.

The published coordinates for the Humphreys County record are incorrect; they should read 35.9814°N, -87.8731°W.

Loudon County

Hoverman, J. T., M. J. Gray, D. L. Miller and N. A. Haislip. 2012. Widespread occurrence of ranavirus in pond-breeding amphibian populations. EcoHealth 9:36-48.

Although not pointed out by the authors, this article includes the first published record of Hyla chrysoscelis from Loudon County.

Campbell, T. S. 2002. New records for amphibians in the Big South Fork region of Tennessee. Herpetol. Rev. 33:230-231.

Sullivan County 

Hamed, M. K. 2017. Geographic distribution: Hyla chrysoscelis/versicolor complex. Herpetol. Rev. 48:119.

Tipton County

Colvin, R., J. Dennison, and J. Yoes. 2015. Geographic distribution: Hyla versicolor/chrysoscelis complex. Herpetol. Rev. 46:561.