First record of the American bullfrog <i>Lithobates catesbeianus</i> (Shaw, 1802) in Mendoza province, Argentina

We discovered a well established populationof L. catesbeianus in Mendoza province, San Carlos department, Capiz locality (33° 41’ 11’’S, 68° 59’09’’ W; elevation: 920 m) and other nearby localities at Tunuyán department. This record extends the distribution range of this species 270 km S-SE from Cal...

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Autores principales: Sanabria, Eduardo A., Debandi, Guillermo, Quiroga, Lorena B., Martinez, Flavio, Corbalán, Valeria Elizabeth
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2011
Materias:
Ciencias Naturales
Zoología
Anfibios
herpetología
Mendoza (Argentina)
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/6514
http://www.aha.org.ar/es/cuadherpetol/first-record-of-the-american-bullfrog-lithobates-catesbeianus-shaw-1802-in-mendoza-province-argentina.html
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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Sumario:We discovered a well established populationof L. catesbeianus in Mendoza province, San Carlos department, Capiz locality (33° 41’ 11’’S, 68° 59’09’’ W; elevation: 920 m) and other nearby localities at Tunuyán department. This record extends the distribution range of this species 270 km S-SE from Calingasta, San Juan, and 400 km W-SW from Villa Dolores, Córdoba. The regionis part of the Monte phytogeographic province, which is characterized by an arid climate with mean annual temperature of 17.7ºC (mean annual minimum and maximum: -1.4 and 38.0ºC, respectively) and mean annual rainfall of 331.2 mm, which occurs mainly in summer.

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