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REFERENCE |
LOCALITY |
HEMIS-PHERE |
COORDINATES |
VOCALIZATION |
OVIPOSITION |
CLUTCH SIZE |
TADPOLES |
MICROHABITAT |
METAMORPHOSIS |
01 |
Ryan 1980Ryan MJ. 1980. The reproductive behavior of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana). Copeia 1: 108-114.
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New Jersey (USA) |
North |
40° 42′ 30″ N, 74° 28′ 0″ W |
April / May to June / July |
April 21 to June 18 |
7.360 eggs |
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02 |
Emlen 1976Emlen ST. 1976. Lek organization and mating strategies in the bullfrog. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 1: 283-313.
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University of Michigan (USA) |
North |
42° 16′ 58.8″ N, 83° 44′ 6″ W |
May to July 18 |
Gravid females between June and July |
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03 |
Govindarajulu et al. 2006Govindarajulu P, Price Wms and Anholt BR. 2006. Introduced Bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) in Western Canada: Has Their Ecology Diverged? J Herpetol 40: 249-260.
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British Columbia (Canada) |
North |
48° 39' N, 123° 25' W |
May to August |
June to July |
7.296 eggs |
Eggs hatched from 3 to 5 days. Overwinter of tadpoles |
Males calling in shallow water, usually in vegetation |
July to early September |
04 |
Bruneau and Magnin 1980Bruneau M and Magnin E. 1980. Croissance, nutrition et reproduction des ouaouarons Rana catesbeiana Shaw (Amphibia Anura) des Laurentides au nord de Montréal. Can J Zool 58: 175-183.
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Montreal (Canada) |
North |
45° 30′ 32″ N, 73° 33′ 15″ W |
Until late May |
Between June 20 and July 10 |
3.826 to 23.540 eggs |
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05 |
Howard 1979Howard RD. 1979. The influence of male-defended oviposition sites on mortality in bullfrogs. Ecol 59: 789-798.
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University of Michigan (USA) |
North |
42° 16′ 58.8″ N, 83° 44′ 6″ W |
June and July. Beginning around 21 h until sunrise |
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Males calling in margins or vegetation |
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06 |
Conte and Rossa-Feres 2006Conte CE and Rossa-Feres DC. 2006. Diversidade e ocorrência temporal da anurofauna (Amphibia, Anura) em São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brasil. Rev Bras Zool 23: 162-175.
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São José dos Pinhais (Brazil) |
South |
25° 32′ 6″ N, 49° 12′ 21″ W |
October to February |
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07 |
Alves et al. 2008Alves FC, Brando A, Lucas EM and Fortes VB. 2008. Ocorrência da espécie exótica Lithobates catesbeianus (rã-touro) em ambientes naturais nos municípios de Chapecó e Guatambu, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Acta Amb Catar 5: 35-42.
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Chapecó and Guatambu (Brazil) |
South |
27° 04'N,52° 45'W / 27° 07' N, 52° 47' W |
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Found during the year in several stages |
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08 |
Willis et al. 1956Willis YL, Moyle PB and Baskett TS. 1956. Emergence, breeding, hibernation, movements, and transformation of bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, in Missouri. Copeia 1956: 30-35.
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Missouri (USA) |
North |
38° 30′ 0″ N, 92° 30′ 0″ W |
April 08 to July 15 |
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July to October. Greater abundance found from late June to early August |
09 |
Santos et al. 2008Santos TG, Kopp K, Spies MR and Cechin SZ. 2008. Distribuição temporal e espacial de anuros em área de Pampa, Santa Maria, RS. Iheringia, Sér Zool 98: 244-253.
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Santa Maria (Brazil) |
South |
29° 42'N, 53° 42' W |
September to March |
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10 |
Afonso et al. 2010Afonso LG, Carvalho R, Santos FM, Coelho Acb and Magalhães Alb. 2010. Reprodução da exótica rã-touro Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) em riachos de Mata Atlântica no estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Biotemas 23: 85-91.
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Vieira (Brazil) |
South |
20° 56' - 20° 59' N, 42° 17' W |
November to April |
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Tadpoles without back legs predominated from May to October |
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11 |
Iop et al. 2012Iop S, Caldart VM, Santos Tgs and Cechin SZ. 2012. What is the Role of Heterogeneity and Spatial Autocorrelation of Ponds in the Organization of Frog Communities in Southern Brazil? Zool Stud 51: 1094-1104.
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Parque Estadual do Turvo (Brazil) |
South |
27° 07' - 27° 16' N, 53° 48' - 54° 04' W |
September to February |
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Always associated with emergent vegetation |
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12 |
Cook and Jennings 2007Cook DG and Jennings MR. 2007. Microhabitat use of the california red-legged frog and introduced bullfrog in a seasonal marsh. Herpetologica 63: 430-440.
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Ledson marsh Annadel State Park (USA) |
North |
38° 25′ 45″ N, 122° 37′ 30″ W |
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April to July |
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Clutches in vegetation, usually more than 0.6 m deep |
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13 |
Laufer et al. 2008Laufer G, Canavero A, Nuñez D and Maneyro R. 2008. Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) invasion in Uruguay. Biol Invasions 10: 1183-1189.
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Rincón de Pado (Uruguai) |
South |
34° 44' 20" N, 55° 55' 30" W |
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April and June. Tadpoles collected varied from stage 25 to 31 |
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14 |
Sanabria et al. 2011Sanabria E, Ripoll Y, Jordan M, Quiroga L, Ariza M, Guillemain M, Pérez M and Chávez H. 2011. A new record for American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) in San Juan, Argentina. Rev Mex de Biodivers 82: 311-313.
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Província de San Juan (Argentina) |
South |
31° 55' N, 68° 70' W |
Males calling on March 25 |
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6 tadpoles in stage 25, 5 in stage 40 and one tadpole in stage 42, on March 25 |
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15 |
Fuller et al. 2011Fuller TE, Pope KL, Ashton DT and Welsh Jr HH. 2011. Linking the Distribution of an Invasive Amphibian (Rana catesbeiana) to Habitat Conditions in a Managed River System in Northern California. Restoration Ecol 19: 204-213.
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Trinity River (USA) |
North |
41° 11' 05" N, 123° 42' 31" W |
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Males calling in vegetation |
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16 |
Ossen and Wassersug 2002Ossen KL and Wassersug RJ. 2002. Environmental factors influencing calling in sympatric anurans. Oecol 133: 616-625.
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National Park, New Brunswick (Canada) |
North |
45° 34' 57" N, 64° 58' 37" W |
June 18 to August 17 |
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17 |
Stumpel 1992 |
Breda (Netherlands) |
North |
51° 34' N, 4° 48' W |
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May to April |
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18 |
Ultsch et al. 1999Ultsch GR, Reese SA, Nie M, Crim JD, Smith WH and Leberte CM. 1999. Influences of temperature and oxygen upon habitat selection by bullfrog tadpoles and three species of freshwater fishes in two Alabama strip mine ponds. Hydrobiologia 416: 149-162.
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Alabama (EUA) |
North |
33° 21' N,87° 20' W |
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Tadpoles found at depths of 2 m or more |
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19 |
Li et al. 2011Li Y, Ke Z, Wang Y and Blackburn TM. 2011. Frog community responses to recent American bullfrog invasions. Curr Zool 57: 83-92.
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Zhoushan archipelago (China) |
North |
29° 31' - 31° 4' N, 121° 30' -123° 25' W |
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Always associated with emergent vegetation |
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20 |
Minowa et al. 2008Minowa S, Senga Y and Miyashita T. 2008. Microhabitat Selection of the Introduced Bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) in Paddy Fields in Eastern Japan. Curr Herpetol 27: 55-59.
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KomedoYatsu Vale (Japan) |
North |
35° 9′ 22″ N, 136° 3′ 36″ W |
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Adults found in deeper microhabitats than young frogs |
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21 |
McAuliffe 1978McAuliffe JR. 1978. Biological survey and management of sport-hunted bullfrog populations in Nebraska. Lincoln: Nebraska Game Parks Com, 78 p.
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Nebraska (Canada) |
North |
40° 40' 54" N, 25° 51' 34" W |
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Until 47.870 eggs |
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