The introduction of exotic species is the second biggest cause of the loss of the biodiversity in the planet. This story is intertwined with the history of mankind, in which exotic species are those that occur outside their natural range. These species can threaten the natural ecosystems. Lithobates catesbeianus, american frog-bull, was introduced in Africa, Asia, South and Central America and in regions of the North America. Studies suggest that it may be related to the decline and extinction of amphibians. With this bibliographic research, aimed to find out the locations of occurrence of the species in South America. It was possible to observe that there are few articles published in most of the countries surveyed and this may be due to the lack of support for researchers in herpetological inventories or even refers to lack of records of invasion of the bullfrog in publications through scientific research papers database. It was noted that in Brazil it has been reducing number of publications
be left L. catesbeianus, however there is great register of his distribution. It is believed that the main form of invasion of L. catesbeianus wraps the raniculture. From everything exposed one, there becomes necessary the creation of programs and public policies for control and erradica??o
of bullfrog.A introdu??o de esp?cies ex?ticas ? a segunda maior causa da perda da biodiversidade no planeta e sua hist?ria relaciona-se com a hist?ria da humanidade. Esp?cies ex?ticas s?o aquelas que ocorrem fora de sua ?rea de distribui??o natural e esp?cies ex?ticas invasoras alteram e amea?am os ecossistemas. Lithobates catesbeianus, r?-touro americana, foi introduzida na ?frica, ?sia, Am?rica do Sul e Central e em regi?es da Am?rica do Norte. Estudos apontam que ela pode estar relacionada com o decl?nio e extin??o de anf?bios. Com esta pesquisa bibliogr?fica, objetivou-se averiguar quais os locais de ocorr?ncia da esp?cie na Am?rica do Sul. Foi poss?vel observar que existem poucos artigos publicados na maioria dos pa?ses pesquisados e isso pode ser em decorr?ncia da falta de apoio aos pesquisadores na realiza??o de invent?rios herpetol?gicos ou ainda refere-se a falta de registros da invas?o da r?-touro em publica??es atrav?s de bases de dados. Foi constatado que no Brasil h? reduzido n?mero de publica??es sobre L. catesbeianus, por?m h? grande registro de sua distribui??o. Acredita-se que a principal forma de invas?o de L. catesbeianus envolve a ranicultura. A partir de todo o exposto, torna-se necess?ria a cria??o de programas e pol?ticas p?blicas para controle e erradica??o de r?-touro
