The Center for North American Herpetology

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PROVINCIAL/STATE SPECIES LISTS AND REFERENCES

ESTABLISHED EXTANT AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF NUNAVUT (3 SPECIES)

Amphibia Gray, 1825 — Amphibians

Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 — Frogs

Bufonidae Gray, 1825 — True Toads

Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) — American Toad

Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 — Treefrogs and Allies

Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850) — Boreal Chorus Frog

Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 — True Frogs

Lithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825) — Wood Frog

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NUNAVUT HERPETOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS

1902	Preble, E. A. A biological investigation of the Hudson Bay region. North American Fauna (22):1-140
1963	Harper, F. Amphibians and reptiles of Keewatin and northern Manitoba. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76():159-168
1971	Hodge, R. P. Herpetology north of 60°. The Beaver 1971():36-38
1976	Hodge, R. P. Amphibians and reptiles in Alaska, the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, Anchorage, Alaska. 89pp.
2012	D’Aoust-Messier, Andree-Michelle. Colonizing northern landscapes: Population genetics and phylogeography of Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) in the James Bay area. Thesis. Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario. 58pp.
2015	D’Aoust-Messier, Andrée-Michelle and David Lesbarrères. A peripheral view: Post-glacial history and genetic diversity of an amphibian in northern landscapes. Journal of Biogeography 42(11):2078-2088
2015	D’Aoust-Messier, Andrée-Michelle, Pierre Echaubard, Vincent Billy, David Lesbarrères. Amphibian pathogens at northern latitudes: Presence of chytrid fungus and ranavirus in northeastern Canada. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 113():113-119

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