Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records as well as those with scientific name Lithobates catesbeianus listed in key words.

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37706 Journal Article Adamopoulou, C. and A. Legakis. 2016. First account on the occurrence of selected invasive alien vertebrates in Greece. BioInvasions Records 5:189-196. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2016.5.4.01.
14769 Journal Article Adams, M.J. 2000. Pond Permanence and the Effects of Exotic Vertebrates on Anurans. Ecological Applications 10(2):559-568.
39916 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
37701 Journal Article Anderson, R.B. 2019. Human traffic and habitat complexity are strong predictors for the distribution of a declining amphibian. PLoS ONE 14(3):e0213426. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213426.
37700 Journal Article Anderson, R.B. and S.P. Lawler. 2016. Behavioral changes in tadpoles after multigenerational exposure to an invasive intraguild predator. Behavioral Ecology 27(6):1790-1796. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arw112.
37699 Journal Article Anderson, R.B., J.P. Rose and S.P. Lawler. 2017. Evolutionary Experience with the Invasive Lithobates catesbeianus Predicts Lower Survival of Larval Rana draytonii. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 14(2):349-359. https://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_14/Issue_2/Anderson_etal_2019.pdf.
12117 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
43585 Journal Article Araya-Donoso, R., J.P. Orton, M.J. Ryan, C.A. Jones, K. Kusumi, and G.A. Dolby. 2022. Geospatial assessment of freshwater invasive species to inform turtle conservation and management. Aquatic Conservation-Marine And Freshwater Ecosystems 32(6):981-992. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3816.
18636 Journal Article Ballinger, R.E., J.W. Meeker, and M. Thies. 2000. A Checklist and Distribution Maps of the Amphibians and Reptiles of South Dakota. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 26:29-46.
12120 Journal Article Banta, B.H., and D. Morafka. 1966. An annotated check list of the recent amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the city and county of San Francisco, California. The Wasmann Journal of Biology 24(2):223-233.
37939 Journal Article Barbosa, F., C. Both, and M.B. Araujo. 2017. Invasive American bullfrogs and African Clawed Frogs in South America: High Suitability of Occurrence in Biodiversity Hotspots. Zoological Studies 56(28):1-10. https://doi.org/doi:10.6620/ZS.2017.56-28.
39479 Journal Article Bissanttini, A.M., P.J. Haubrock, V. Buono, P. Balzani, N. Borgianni, L. Stellati, A.F. Inghilesi, L. Tancioni, M. Martinoli, E. Tricarico, and L. Vignoli. 2020. Trophic structure of a pond community dominated by an invasive alien species: insights from stomach content and stable isotope analyses. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31:948-963. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aqc.3530.
30991 Journal Article Bissattini, A. M., and L. Vignoli. 2017. Let's eat out, there's crayfish for dinner: American bullfrog niche shifts inside and outside native ranges and the effect of introduced crayfish. Biological Invasions 19(9):2633-2646. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-017-1473-6.
43586 Journal Article Bissattini, A. M., V. Buono, and L. Vignoli. 2018. Field data and worldwide literature review reveal that alien crayfish mitigate the predation impact of the American bullfrog on native amphibians. Aquatic Conservation-Marine And Freshwater Ecosystems 28(6):1465-1475. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2978.
37708 Journal Article Bissattini, A.M. and L. Vignoli. 2017. Let’s eat out, there’s crayfish for dinner: American bullfrog niche shifts inside and outside native ranges and the effect of introduced crayfish. Biological Invasions 19:2633-2646. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1473-6.
37709 Journal Article Bissattini, A.M., V. Buono and L. Vignoli. 2017. Field data and worldwide literature review reveal that alien crayfish mitigate the predation impact of the American bullfrog on native amphibians. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28(6):1465-1475. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2978.
37710 Journal Article Bissattini, A.M., V. Buono and L. Vignoli. 2017. Disentangling the trophic interactions between American bullfrogs and native anurans: Complications resulting from post-metamorphic ontogenetic niche shifts. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29:270-281. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3023.
37589 Journal Article Bissattini, A.M., V. Buono and L. Vignoli. 2020. Moonlight rather than moon phase influences activity and habitat use in an invasive amphibian predator and its native amphibian prey. Acta Oecologica 103:103529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2020.103529.
12111 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
39800 Journal Article Blaustein, A.R., D.K. Jones, J. Urbina, R.D. Cothran, C. Harjoe, B. Mattes, J.C. Buck, R. Bendis, T. Dang, S.S. Gervasi, and R. Relyea. 2020. Effects of invasive larval bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) on disease transmission, growth and survival in the larvae of native amphibian. Biological Invasions 22:1771-1784. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02218-4.
40120 Journal Article Boelter, R.A., I.L. Kaefer, C. Both, and S.Z. Cechin. 2012. Invasive bullfrogs as predators in a Neotropical assemblage: what frog species do they eat? Animal Biology 62(4):397-408. https://doi.org/10.1163/157075612X634111.
39801 Journal Article Borroto-Paez, R., R.A. Bosch, B.A. Fabres, and O.A. Garcia. 2015. Introduced amphibians and reptiles in the Cuban archipelago. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10(3):985-1012. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287251400_Introduced_amphibians_and_reptiles_in_the_Cuban_archipelago.
39802 Journal Article Borzée, A., S. Kwon, K.S. Koo, and Y. Jang. 2020. Policy recommendation on the restriction on amphibian trade toward the Republic of Korea. Frontiers in Environmental Science 8:1-5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00129.
35712 Journal Article Borzée, A., T.A. Kosch, K. Miyeon, and J. Yikweon. 2017. Introduced bullfrogs are associated with increased Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prevalence and reduced occurrence of Korean treefrogs. PLoS ONE 12(12):e0190551. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177860.
45029 Journal Article Bota, G., R. Manzano-Rubio, N. Franch, L. Brotons, D. Villero, S. Devisscher, A. Pavesi, E. Cavaletti, and C. Perez-Granados. 2024. Passive acoustic monitoring and automated detection of the American bullfrog. Biological Invasions 26:1269-1279. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-023-03244-8.
40121 Journal Article Both, C. and T. Grant. 2012. Biological invasions and the acoustic niche: the effect of bullfrog calls on the acoustic signals of white-banded tree frogs. Biology Letters 8(5):714-716. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0412.
27291 Journal Article Both, C., and A.S. Melo. 2015. Diversity of anuran communities facing bullfrog invasion in Atlantic Forest ponds. Biological Invasions 17:1137-1147. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10530-014-0783-1.
951 Journal Article Bradley, W.G., and J.E. Deacon. 1967. The biotic communities of southern Nevada. Nevada State Museum Anthropological Papers 13(4):201-273.
33669 Journal Article Brown, M.E., and S.C. Walls. 2013. Variation in salinity tolerance among larval Anurans: implications for community composition and the spread of an invasive, non-native species. The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 3:543-551.
35714 Journal Article Brunner, J.L., A.D. Olson, J.G. Rice, S.E. Meiners, M.J. Le Sage, J.A. Cundiff, C.S. Goldberg, and A.P. Pessier. 2019. Ranavirus infection dynamics and shedding in American bullfrogs: consequences for spread and detection in trade. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 135(2):135-150. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03387.
18379 Journal Article Bunnell, J.F., and R.A. Zampella. 2008. Native Fish and Anuran Assemblages Differ between Impoundments with and without Non-native Centrarchids and Bullfrogs. Copeia 4(4):931-939.
12176 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
20826 Database California Academy of Sciences. 2011. California Academy of Sciences - Ichthyology Collection Database. California Academy of Sciences. http://research.calacademy.org/ichthyology/collections.
25916 Database California Academy of Sciences. 2013. California Academy of Sciences herpetology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14129. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14129. Created on 04/20/2012. Accessed on 04/09/2013.
27296 Report California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fisheries Branch. 2014. Implications of importing American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus = Rana catesbeiana) into California. California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
704 Book Cardoza, J.E., G.S. Jones, T.W. French, and D.B. Halliwell. 1993. Exotic and translocated vertebrates of Massachusetts. Fauna of Massachusetts Series No. 6. 2nd edition. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Westborough, MA.
32196 Web Page Caribherp. 2000. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Puerto Rican Bank. http://carib.bio.psu.edu/caribherp/lists/PR-LIST.htm. Accessed on 04/05/2000.
13519 Journal Article Carpenter, N.M., M.L. Casazza, and G.D. Wylie. 2002. Rana Catesbeiana (Bullfrog) Diet. Herpetological Review 33(2):130.
24369 Database Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. 2024. EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system. The University of Georgia, Tifton, GA. https://www.eddmaps.org/tools/query/. Accessed on 01/27/2019.
12067 Journal Article Chiszar, D., D. Theodoratus, and H.M. Smith. 1995. Geographic distribution. Rana catesbeiana. Herpetological Review 26(4):208.
14751 Journal Article Christiansen, J.L. 2001. Non-native Amphibians and Reptiles in Iowa. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 108(4):210-211.
37705 Journal Article Chuang, M.F., M. Choe, H. Kang, A. Borzée, A. Kim, S. Kwon, M. Sung, and Y. Jang. 2019. Microhabitat preference in American bullfrog tadpoles (Lithobates catesbeianus) in relation to predation pressure. Aquatic Invasions 14(3):444-457. https://www.reabic.net/aquaticinvasions/2019/AI_2019_Chuang_etal.pdf.
29011 News Clarke, C. 2015. 3 invasive animals that have permanently changed the Delta. KCET.org. Burbank, CA. 2015 (6 July). https://www.kcet.org/redefine/3-invasive-animals-that-have-permanently-changed-the-delta. Created on 07/06/2015. Accessed on 09/15/2016.
12162 Book Chapter Cobb, J.N. 1902. Commercial fisheries of the Hawaiian Islands. Pages 381-499 in Report of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for the year ending June 30, 1901. US Government Printing Office. Washington, DC.
31530 Thesis or Dissertation Cooper, M. 2017. Movement, habitat, and home range of introduced bullfrogs (Lithobates Catesbeianus) on Mad River gravel ponds (Humboldt Co., Ca, USA), with implications for hydro-modification as a method of management. Unpublished M.S. thesis. Humboldt State University, Humboldt, CA.
13518 Journal Article Cross, C.L., and S.L. Gerstenberger. 2002. Rana Catesbeiana (American Bullfrog) Diet. Herpetological Review 33(2):129.
37695 Journal Article Cruz-Cordovez C., I. Herrera, F. Espinoza, K. Rizzo, M.B. Sarmiento, N. Rodas, M.J. Coello, W. Bravo and M. Lampo. 2020. New record of a feral population of Lithobates catesbeianus Shaw, 1802 in a protected area (Santay Island) in the Ecuadorian coast. BioInvasions Records 9(2):421-433. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2020.9.2.28.
39883 Journal Article da Silva, E.T., C. Both, and O.P.R. Filho. 2016. Food Habits of Invasive Bullfrogs and Native Thin-Toed Frogs Occurring in Sympatry in Southeastern Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology 11(1):25-33. https://doi.org/10.2994/SAJH-D-16-00001.1.
40113 Journal Article D'Amore, A., E. Kirby, and M. McNicholas. 2009. Invasive species shifts ontogenetic resource partitioning and microhabitat use of a threatened native amphibian. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 19(5):534-541. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.1026.
35715 Journal Article Daszak, P., A. Strieby, A.A Cunningham, J.E. Longcore, C.C. Brown, and D. Porter. 2004. Experimental evidence that the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) is a potential carrier of chytridiomycosis, an emerging fungal disease of amphibians. Herpetological Journal 14:201-208. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew-Cunningham-5/publication/279901735_Experimental_evidence_that_the_bullfrog_Rana_catesbeiana_is_a_potential_carrier_of_chytridiomycosis_an_emerging_fungal_disease_of_amphibians/links/58226aae08aeebc4f89170aa/Expe.
21031 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
12109 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
37689 Journal Article Descamps, S. and A. De Vocht. 2016. Movements and habitat use of the invasive species Lithobates catesbeianus in the valley of the Grote Nete (Belgium). Belgian Journal of Zoology 146(2):90-100. https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2016.44.
42337 Journal Article Descamps, S., and A. De Vocht. 2022. Bisazir as a chemosterilant to control invasive vertebrates: ecotoxicity and efficacy to induce male sterility in Lithobates catesbeianus. Management of Biological Invasions 13(4):769-780. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2022.13.4.12.
37685 Journal Article do Amaral, D.F., M.F. Montalvão, B. de Oliveira Mendes, J.M. de Souza, T.Q. Chagas, A.S. de Lima Rodrigues and G. Malafaia. 2018. Insights about the toxic effects of tannery effluent on Lithobates catesbeianus tadpoles. Science of the Total Environment 621:791-801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.310.
39892 Journal Article dos Santos, R.C., V.I.M. de Bastiani, D. Medina, L.P. Ribeiro, M.R. Pontes, D. da Silva Leite, L.F. Toledo, G.M. de Souza Franco, and E.M. Lucas. 2020. High Prevalence and Low Intensity of Infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Rainforest Bullfrog Populations in Southern Brazil. Herpetology Conservation and Biology 15(1):118-130. https://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_15/Issue_1/Santos_etal_2020.pdf.
39806 Journal Article Drake, J.C., K.L. Griffis-Kyle, and N.E. McIntyre. 2017. Graph theory as an invasive species management tool: case study in the Sonoran Desert. Landscape Ecology 32:1739-1752. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-017-0539-2.
39807 Journal Article Drake, J.C., K.L. Griffis-Kyle, and N.E. McIntyre. 2017. Using nested connectivity models to resolve management conflicts of isolated water networks in the Sonoran Desert. Ecosphere 8(1):e01652. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1652.
35697 Journal Article Dumas, P.C. 1966. Studies of the Rana species complex in the Pacific northwest. Copeia 1966(1):60-74. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1440762.
45682 Journal Article Ersan, J.S.M., B.J. Halstead, E.L. Wildy, M.L. Casazza, and G.D. Wylie. 2020. Intrinsic prey preference and selection of the giant gatersnake: a threatened predatro in a nonnative prey-dominated community. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 11(1):164-173. https://doi.org/10.3996/062019-JFWM-051.
33970 Journal Article Everard, M., A.C. Pinder, R. Raghavan, and G. Kataria. 2019. Are well‐intended Buddhist practices an under‐appreciated threat to global aquatic biodiversity? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29:136-141. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aqc.2997.
42340 Journal Article Everts, T., C. Van Driessche, S. Neyrinck, H. Jacquemyn, and R. Brys. 2023. The American bullfrog exposed: distribution, invasion fronts, and spatial configuration of invasion hubs revealed by eDNA-based monitoring and environmental assessments. Management of Biological Invasions 14(2):201-220. https://doi.org/10. 3391/mbi.2023.14.2.02.
39809 Journal Article Everts, T., D. Hafmaerten, S. Neyrinck, N. de Regge, H. Jacquemyn, and R. Brys. 2021. Accurate detection and quantification of seasonal abundance of American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) using ddPCR eDNA assays. Scientific Reports 11:11282. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90771-w.
37697 Journal Article Ferrante, L., F.B. Baccaro and I.L. Kaefer. 2020. Aliens in the backyard: Did the American bullfrog conquer the habitat of native frogs in the semi-deciduous Atlantic Forest? Herpetological Journal 30:93-98. https://doi.org/10.33256/hj30.2.9398.
12087 Journal Article Fleharty, E.D. 1967. Comparative ecology of Thamnophis elegans, T. cyrtopsis, and T. rufipunctatus in New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 12(3):207-229.
25898 Database Florida Museum of Natural History. 2013. Florida Museum of Natural History herpetology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/182. Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/182. Accessed on 04/09/2013.
39810 Journal Article Flynn, L.M., T.M. Kreofsky, and A.J. Sepulveda. 2017. Introduced American Bullfrog distribution and diets in Grand Teton National Park. Northwest Science 91(3):244-256. https://doi.org/10.3955/046.091.0305.
39833 Journal Article Fontaine, S.S. and K.D. Kohl. 2020. Gut microbiota of invasive bullfrog tadpoles responds more rapidly to temperature than a noninvasive congener. Molecular Ecology 29(13):2449-2462. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15487.
39835 Journal Article Forti, L.R., C.G. Becker, L. Tacioli, V.R. Pereira, A.C.F.A Santos, I. Oliveira, C.F.B. Haddad, and L.F. Toledo. 2017. Perspectives on invasive amphibians in Brazil. PLoS ONE 12(9):e0184703. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184703.
18221 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
19676 Journal Article Fuller, T.E., K.L. Pope, D.T. Ashton, and H.H. Welsh, Jr. 2011. Linking the distribution of an invasive amphibian (Rana catesbeiana) to habitat conditions in a managed river system in northern California. Restoration Ecology 19:204-213. http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/pope/psw_2010_pope%28fuller%29002.pdf.
42338 Journal Article Funk, C.W., T.S. Garcia, G.A. Cortina, and R.H. Hill. 2010. Population genetics of introduced bullfrogs, Rana (Lithobates) catesbeianus, in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA. Biological Invasions 13:651-658. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9855-z.
39836 Journal Article Garcia, T.S., J.C. Urbina, E.M. Bredeweg, and M.C.O. Ferrari. 2017. Embryonic learning and developmental carry-over effects in an invasive anuran. Oecologia 184:623-631. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-017-3905-5.
26212 Database GBIF. 2013. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Database. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. http://www.gbif.org/. Accessed on 03/05/2024.
17882 Journal Article Giovanelli, J.G.R., C.F.B. Haddad, and J. Alexandrino. 2008. Predicting the potential distribution of the alien invasive American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) in Brazil. Biological Invasions 10:585-590.
41900 Journal Article Gobel, N., G. Laufer, I. González-Bergonzoni, Á. Soutullo, and M. Arim. 2022. Invariant and vulnerable food web components after bullfrog invasion. Biological Invasions 25:901-916. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02956-7.
39915 Journal Article Goodward, D.M., and M.D. Wilcox. 2019. The Rio Grande leopard frog (Lithobates berlandieri) and other introduced and native riparian herpetofauna of the Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California. California Fish and Game 105(2):48-71. https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=171048&inline.
39914 Journal Article Groffen, J., S. Kong, Y. Jang, and A. Borzée. 2019. The invasive American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) in the Republic of Korea: History and recommendations for population control. Management of Biological Invasions 10(3):517-535. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2019.10.3.08.
37588 Journal Article Guariento, R.D., L.S. Carneiro, J.S. Jorge and A. Caliman. 2018. Assessing the risk effects of native predators on the exotic American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) and their indirect consequences to ecosystem function. Acta Oecologica 91:50-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2018.06.004.
40122 Journal Article Hammerson, G.A. 1982. Bullfrog eliminating leopard frog in Colorado? Herpetological Review 13(4):115-116.
31165 Journal Article Harper, D.D., and A.M. Farag. 2017. The thermal regime and species composition of fish and invertebrates in Kelly Warm Spring, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Western North American Naturalist 77(4):440-449. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3398/064.077.0405.
12069 Journal Article Hayes, M., and F. Cliff. 1982. A checklist of the herpetofauna of Butte county, the Butte sink and Sutter Buttes, California. Herpetological Review 13(3):85-87.
12156 Journal Article Hayes, M.P., and F.C. Schaffner. 1986. Life history notes: Rana catesbeiana predation. Herpetological Review 17(3):60-61.
13523 Journal Article Hayes, M.P., and M.R. Jennings. 1986. Decline of ranid frog species in western North America: are bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) responsible? Journal of Herpetology 20(4):490-509.
12178 Journal Article Heard, M. 1904. A California frog ranch. Out West 21:20-27.
14916 Journal Article Hecnar, S.J., and R.T. M'Closkey. 2002. Changes in the composition of a Ranid Frog Community Following Bullfrog Extinction. American Midland Naturalist 137(1):145-150. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0031%28199701%29137%3A1%3C145%3ACITCOA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D.
39853 Journal Article Holgerson, M.A., A. Duarte, M.P. Hayes, M.J. Adams, J.A. Tyson, K.A. Douville, and A.L. Strecker. 2019. Floodplains provide important amphibian habitat despite multiple ecological threats. Ecosphre 10(9):e02853. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2853.
29903 Journal Article Hossack, B.R., R. Honeycutt, B.H. Sigafus, E.L. Muths, C.L. Crawford, T.R. Jones, J.A. Sorensen, J.C. Rorabaugh, and T. Chambert. 2017. Informing recovery in a human-transformed landscape: Drought-mediated coexistence alters population trends of an imperiled salamander and invasive predators. Biological Conservation 209:377-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.03.004.
39854 Journal Article Howell, P.E., E. Muths, B.H. Sigafus, and B.R. Hossack. 2020. Survival estimates for the invasive American bullfrog. Amphibia-Reptilia 41:559-564. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10016.
12102 Report Hubbard, J.P., and C.G. Schmitt. 1977. A preliminary study of the bullfrog in southwestern New Mexico.
24851 Database iMapInvasives: NatureServe’s online data system supporting strategic invasive species management. 2016. Oregon iMapInvasives. © NatureServe. https://www.imapinvasives.org. Accessed on 04/09/2015.
25944 Database iNaturalist. 2024. http://www.inaturalist.org/. Accessed on 08/13/2024.
35695 Journal Article Jameson, D.L. 1956. Growth, dispersal and survival of the Pacific tree frog. Copeia 1:25-29. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1439240.
12155 Journal Article Jennings, M.R. 1987. Life history notes: Rana catesbeiana feeding. Herpetological Review 18(2):33.
12163 Journal Article Jennings, M.R., and M.P. Hayes. 1985. Pre-1900 overharvest of California red-legged frogs (Rana aurora draytonii): the inducement for bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) introduction. Herpetologica 41(1):94-103.
20819 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
19801 Journal Article Johnson, P.T.J., V.J. McKenzie, A.C. Peterson, J.L. Kerby, J. Brown, A.R. Blaustein, and T. Jackson. 2011. Regional decline of an iconic amphibian associated with elevation, land-use change, and invasive species. Conservation Biology 25(3):556-566. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01645.x/pdf.
42871 Web Page Johnson, S.A. 2007. "True" frogs (family Ranidae). https://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/frogs/americanbullfrog.shtml. Created on 01/13/2020. Accessed on 01/11/2024.
37591 Journal Article Johovic, I., M. Gama, F. Banha, E. Tricarico, and P.M. Anastácio. 2020. A potential threat to amphibians in the European Natura 2000 network: Forecasting the distribution of the American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus. Biological Conservation 245:108551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108551.
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