New County Records and Other Data Since 1996

Gastrophryne carolinensis (Holbrook) - Eastern Narrowmouth 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. Following are comments, accompanied by cited references, on the taxonomic and nomenclatural changes, plus an updated distribution map and bibliographical information on new county records as they pertain to G. carolinensis:

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Changes

To achieve uniformity, Crother (2000) altered the vernacular name of this species from Eastern Narrowmouth Toad to Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad.

Literature Cited:

Crother, B. I.. 2000. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North American north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. SSAR Herpetol. Circ. 29.


Updated Distribution Map
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Update to Gastrophryne carolinensis

Literature Containing New County Records

Cocke, Polk and Rhea counties

Glorioso, B.  2011.  Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad. Pp. 293-296 In M. L. Niemiller and R. G. Reynolds (eds.), The amphibians of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. 369 pp.

Fayette County 

Hunter, C.  2006.  Geographic distribution.  Gastrophryne carolinensis.  Herpetol. Rev. 37:100.

Gibson County 

Hall, J. M.  2008.  Geographic distribution. Gastrophryne carolinensis.  Herpetol. Rev. 39:105.

Greene 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.

Grundy County 

Niemiller, M. L., J. M. Todd, B. T. Miller, and N. G. Mann.  2006.  Geographic distribution.  Gastrophryne carolinensis.  Herpetol. Rev. 37:100.

Hardin County

Barton, L. J., J. P. Kee, and J. M. Hall. 2015. Geographic distribution: Gastrophryne carolinensis. Herpetol. Rev. 46:560.

Haywood County 

Stanley, J. W., and B. P Butterfield.  2008.  Geographic distribution. Gastrophryne carolinensis.  Herpetol. Rev. 39:105.

Hickman County

Weber D., H. Weber, and N. Foster. 2014. Geographic distribution: Gastrophryne carolinensis. Herpetol. Rev. 45:653.

Houston County

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.

Loudon County

Hoverman, J. T., M. J. Gray, N. A. Haislip and D. L. Miller.  2011.  Phylogeny, life history, and ecology contribute to differences in amphibian susceptibility to ranaviruses. EcoHealth DOI: 10.1007/s10393-011-0717-7. 19 pp. 

Although not pointed out by the authors, this article includes the first published record for Gastrophryne carolinensis from Loudon County.

Marshall County

Moss, E. D. 2014. Geographic distribution: Gastrophryne carolinensis. Herpetol. Rev. 45:653.

Maury County 

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.

Williamson County

English, R., and A. English. 2000. Geographic distribution. Gastrophryne carolinensis. Herpetol. Rev. 31:250.