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List of Scientific Names of the Frogs and Toads of Tennessee |
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Family Bufonidae - True Toads Bufo americanus American Toad Bufo americanus americanus Eastern American Toad Bufo americanus charlesmithi Dwarf American Toad Bufo fowleri Fowler's Toad
Family Hylidae – TreefrogsAcris crepitans Northern Cricket Frog Acris crepitans blanchardi Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris crepitans crepitans Eastern Cricket Frog Acris gryllus Southern Cricket Frog Acris gryllus gryllus Coastal Plain Cricket Frog Hyla avivoca Bird-voiced Treefrog Hyla avivoca avivoca Western Bird-voiced Treefrog Hyla chrysoscelis Cope's Gray Treefrog Hyla cinerea Green Treefrog Hyla gratiosa Barking Treefrog Hyla versicolor Gray Treefrog Pseudacris brachyphona Mountain Chorus Frog Pseudacris crucifer Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer crucifer Northern Spring Peeper Pseudacris feriarum Southeastern Chorus Frog Pseudacris feriarum feriarum Upland Chorus Frog
Family Microhylidae - Narrow-mouthed Toads Gastrophryne carolinensis Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
Family Pelobatidae – SpadefootsScaphiopus holbrookii Eastern Spadefoot
Family Ranidae - True Frogs Rana areolata Crawfish Frog Rana areolata circulosa Northern Crawfish Frog Rana capito Gopher Frog Rana capito sevosa Dusky Gopher Frog Rana catesbeiana American Bullfrog Rana clamitans Green Frog Rana clamitans clamitans Bronze Frog Rana clamitans melanota Northern Green Frog Rana palustris Pickerel Frog Rana sphenocephala Southern Leopard Frog Rana sphenocephala utricularia Southern Leopard Frog Rana sylvatica Wood Frog
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This list was compiled from the following references:
Conant:, R. and J. T. Collins. 1998. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America. Third Edition, Expanded. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston & New York. 616 pp.
Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2000. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding. SSAR Herpetological Circular No. 29. iii+82pp.
Redmond, W. H. and A. F. Scott. 1996. Atlas of Amphibians in Tennessee. Miscellaneous Publication Number 12. The Center for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. 94 pp.
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