Lithobates catesbeianus (American Bullfrog)

Abstract

Three adult males and two females collected alive. Lithobates catesbeianus is native from southeastern Canada, much of the central and eastern United States, and northeastern Mexico, and has also been reported in another 41 countries throughout the world, where it has been introduced for commercial purposes (Barrasso et al. 2009. South Am. J. Herpetol. 4:69–75). Previously known in Argentina from Buenos Aires (Barrasso et al. 2009, op. cit.), Córdoba (Akmentis et al. 2009. Cuad. Herpetol. 23:25–32), Mendoza (Sanabria et al. 2011. Cuad. Herpetol. 25:55–58), Misiones (Pereyra et al. 2006. Cuad. Herpertol. 20:37–40), Salta (Akmentis and Cardozo 2010. Biol. Invasions 12:735–737), and San Juan (Sanabria et al. 2005. Multequina 14:67–70) provinces. Second province record, extending the known range for the species 270 km from previously known closest record (Barrasso et al. 2009, op. cit.). Specimens collected under a permit (22500- 22339/13 extension 2016) issued by the Direction of Flora and Fauna, Buenos Aires Province.