Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw 1802)

Holotype: Illustrated by Shaw (1802: 106, plate 33).

Type locality: “ Many parts of North America… Carolina, Virginia.” Attempts to restrict type locality are not accepted by Fouquette and Dubois (2014) .

Distribution: Southern Canada, eastern North America, and northern Mexico. Introduced in numerous countries of Americas (southern and western Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile) several Caribbean islands (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Hispaniola), Europe (Netherlands, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Greece), and Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Korea, and Taiwan). In Venezuela, known introduced population in the surroundings of La Carbonera, Mérida State.

Remarks: Since its introduction, species was the subject of a population control program by ULA (Universidad de los Andes), IVIC (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas), and MARN (Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales), without continuation or much success.

Selected references: Barrio-Amorós (2001c); Hanselmann et al. (2004); Lampo et al. (2004); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011).