Bibliography of the Anurans of the United States and Canada. Version 2, Updated and Covering the Period 1709 – 2012
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January 2018 Open Access Publishing Volume 13, Monograph 7 A female Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas) from Garibaldi Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. This large bufonid occurs throughout much of Western North America. The IUCN lists it as Near Threatened because it is probably in significant decline (> 30% over 10 years) due to disease.(Photographed by C. Kenneth Dodd). Bibliography of the Anurans of the United States and Canada. Version 2, Updated and Covering the Period 1709 – 2012. Monograph 7. C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr. ISSN: 1931-7603 Indexed by: Zoological Record, Scopus, Current Contents / Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Journal Citation Reports, Science Citation Index Extended, EMBiology, Biology Browser, Wildlife Review Abstracts, Google Scholar, and is in the Directory of Open Access Journals. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ANURANS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. VERSION 2, UPDATED AND COVERING THE PERIOD 1709 – 2012. MONOGRAPH 7. C. KENNETH DODD, JR. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 32611. Copyright © 2018. C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr. All Rights Reserved. Please cite this monograph as follows: Dodd, C. Kenneth, Jr. 2018. Bibliography of the anurans of the United States and Canada. Version 2, Updated and Covering the Period 1709 - 2012. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 13(Monograph 7):1-328. Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS i PREFACE ii ABSTRACT 1 COMPOSITE BIBLIOGRAPHIC TRIVIA 1 LITERATURE CITED 2 BIBLIOGRAPHY 2 FOOTNOTES 325 IDENTICAL TEXTS 325 CATALOGUE OF NORTH AMERICAN AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES 326 ADDITIONAL ANURAN-INCLUSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHIES 326 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY 328 i Preface to Version 2: An Expanded and Detailed Resource. MALCOLM L. MCCALLUM School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma 73050 Herpetological Conservation and Biology rarely accepts revisions of monographs unless those changes are substantial. In this case, Ken Dodd has expanded by almost a third, the already extensive bibliography published in 2013. Although few will likely cite this text, its value as a resource is exceptional. Many of the new citations, like those in the previous version, are difficult to find. Some are virtually impossible to find without a resource of this kind. Then, you might have difficulty finding the publication despite the now available citation. The untold years of work devoted to amassing this database will likely be unmatched. I know I will be using it in the future and I hope that our readership does too. Preface to Version 1: A Searchable Data Base for Biogeography of North American Anurans STANLEY E. TRAUTH Department of Biological Sciences Arkansas State University, State University, Arkansas 72467-0599 Many of us can recall a time before the age of computers when it was necessary to search for specific herpetological literature by visiting a library and thumbing through many issues of Biological Abstracts, Wildlife Review, and Zoological Record. That was a laborious, time-consuming task with no guarantee of finding all pertinent publications available on a particular topic. Now, with the advent and ease of online search engines, practically any published citation can be found simply by stroking a keyboard. However, older references tend to be difficult to find or retrieve. And given the numerous composite literature online resources available at your fingertips, the job of obtaining key information by paging through any hard copy resource volume for subject material seems passé. In those previous days, however, printed bibliographies of any kind were considered treasure troves of vital information. In this issue of Herpetological Conservation and Biology (HCB), we are very pleased to publish a true anthology of anuran bibliography for the United States and Canada by Ken Dodd. This remarkable compendium of literature spans over two centuries (1771 – 2012). Because of its unwieldy length (over 200 pages)—a size that well exceeds the practical limits of our standard copy-editing abilities—the Governing Board of HCB has chosen to set aside our normal editorial requirements (e.g., certain formatting rules) to make this significant document available to our readership. So why publish a bibliography on a particular herpetological subject in Herpetological Conservation and Biology? There are many solid reasons to do this, but the primary one is to make available this valuable resource to our readership. As a downloaded PDF, researchers will be able to use standard search-engine options to gather specific information from it. That is a feature not available elsewhere. We extend a special thanks to Ken Dodd for selecting HCB as the outlet for this most useful resource. ii Herpetological Conservation and Biology 13(M7):1 – 328. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ANURANS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. VERSION 2, UPDATED AND COVERING THE PERIOD 1709–2012 C. KENNETH DODD, JR. Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 Abstract. –– In 2013, I published an extensive bibliography (Dodd 2013a) of the anurans of the United States and Canada based largely upon background material from The Frogs of the United States and Canada (Dodd 2013b). The bibliography was produced with the objective of developing a comprehensive reference to publications on the natural history of North American anurans. It focused on life history, ecology, systematics, behavior, physiological ecology, diseases, parasites, and conservation biology, and included important references on distribution and other topics useful to understanding frogs in their natural environment. Strictly physiological, developmental, and genetics citations were excluded, as were routine new distribution records, especially when life history information was not included. Master’s and doctoral dissertations were included as they were encountered, but I made no attempt to access all potentially citable graduate research, much of which remains unpublished or unavailable. I also excluded what is popularly termed “gray” literature, as well as most popular and hobbyist publications. Since the original bibliography (Dodd 2013a), I have made an effort to update references previously omitted because of redundancy, triviality (short notes, especially in the early days of Copeia and Herpetologica), oversight, or because they were published before the end of 2012 but after my frog book had gone to press. I also examined much older and obscure natural histories for references to frogs. As such, I extended the bibliographic references to Lawson’s (1709) mention of the bullfrog, the earliest reference to a specific species that I encountered. Frogs were often mentioned in early travelogues, but rarely can the species be identified. As previously, I have limited the scope of this updated bibliography to topics that might be termed field ecology or natural history, but that does not mean that highly complex topics, such as molecular biology, population modelling, and laboratory research are excluded; they are all vital to telling us what frogs do in nature and how they do it. Publishing this updated and comprehensive bibliography online allows researchers, students, and naturalists access to a large amount of information that might not be readily available through traditional database searches. Although the bibliography is not annotated, it can be downloaded and searched using key words relating to species and topics. Naturally, some publications likely have escaped my notice, despite years of intensive search and cross–referencing. To those authors, I offer my sincere apology. Key Words. – Amphibia, Anura, bibliography, frogs, toads, herpetology COMPOSITE BIBLIOGRAPHIC TRIVIA Southwestern Naturalist (89) and Animal Behaviour (88). Journals.–– The most cited journals Graduate research.–– The combined involving frog natural history, not surprisingly, bibliography contains citations for 191 doctoral are those that have been publishing the longest dissertations and 226 Master’s/Honors theses. and that specialize in herpetology: Copeia (661), Herpetological Review (461), Most published authors.–– Of course, most Herpetologica (288), and the Journal of herpetologists are interested in taxa besides to Herpetology (274). Other journals with frogs, particularly salamanders and non–avian substantial numbers of North American frog reptiles; few specialize only on frogs. Further, papers include Ecology (162), American not all citations are of equivalent page length, Midland Naturalist (115), Canadian Journal of duration of study, rigor or importance. Given Zoology (99), Oecologia (93), Evolution (94), these caveats, the top 10 names in terms of 1 Dodd.−Revised Frog Bibliography. numbers of authored and co–authored papers showers of toads. Proceedings of the involving the life history of frogs are: A.N. American Philosophical Society 43:163– Bragg (93), A.R. Blaustein (90), R.D. 164. Semlitsch (72), H.C. Gerhardt (70), S.E. Trauth AbuBakr, S., and S.S. Crupper. 2010. (59), R. Relyea (57), P.S. Corn (55), B.K. Prevalence of cadmium resistance in Sullivan (53), D.M. Green (44), and M.P. Staphylococcus sciuri isolated from the Hayes (41). With the exception of Bragg (d. gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis (Anura: 1968) and Semlitsch (d. 2015), these biologists Hylidae). Phyllomedusa 9:141–146. are still active in frog research. Acker, P.M., K.C. Kruse, and E.B. Krehbiel. 1986. Aging Bufo americanus by Number of publications annually.–– Not skeletochronology. Journal