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Amphibian Biology Resources

Find info on a particular species by searching our species database.
To view a list of all amphibians in our database, see the species lists.

Salamander-Specific Resources

Caudata.org -- Information on captive maintenance and breeding of salamanders
Salamander Feeding Videos by Stephen Deban
Salamanders of the Old World -- information on the natural history of the newts and salamanders of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa
Tylototriton.org

Caecilian-Specific Resources

Gymnophiona.org -- information on caecilians, with an emphasis on captive husbandry

Frog and Tadpole-Specific Resources (sources for frog calls are listed in the section Frog and Toad Calls)

African Frogs at the California Academy of Sciences
A Frog's Life -- General information about frog biology, and also information about Adelaide frogs (Australia)
Frogs and Tadpoles of Borneo
Frogs of the Malay Peninsula
Frogs.org -- A great resource on frog conservation, by the Amphibian Conservation Alliance
Frogs.org.au -- Australian Frog Conservation site
Leptodactylus -- Information bank for Leptodactylus frogs
Proyecto Ranas de Cristal/Glassfrogs: Centrolenidae (in Spanish)
Tadpole Identification Key for Europe, by Friedo Berninghausen
Tadpole Identification Key for the United States and Canada, hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
Western Ghats Frogs
Western Palearctic Water Frogs

General Resources on Amphibian Biology (see below for Region-specific Resources)

Amphibian Embryology Tutorial University of Wisconsin
Amphibian Genome Sizes at the Animal Genome Size Database site
Amphibian Species of the World -- a fully searchable online reference of amphibian taxonomy
Animal Diversity Web amphibian pages at the University of Michigan
Combined Herpetology Collections Index at the California Academy of Sciences
HerpNET is a collaborative effort by institutions in the United States, Canada and Mexico to establish a network between databases of herpetological collections
Information Resources for Amphibians Used in Biomedical Research
ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) provides authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, and microbes of North America and the world
ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) provides authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, and microbes of North America and the world
IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group: includes links to Froglog and Amphibian Conservation Action Plan
Species Analyst is a tool for searching several museum collections, by the North American Biodiversity Information Network
Species 2000 -- Enumerating all known species of plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity
Translations of the Scientific Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America -- Etymology site by Ellin Beltz
Tree of Life Project starting at the "Living Amphibians" page
The World Congress of Herpetology

Region-Specific Amphibian Biology Resources

Africa

African Frogs at the California Academy of Sciences
Salamanders of the Old World: information on the natural history of the newts and salamanders of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa
Western Palearctic Water Frogs

Asia

Amphibians of Coorg, Western Ghats, India
Frogs and Tadpoles of Borneo
Frogs of the Malay Peninsula
Salamanders of the Old World: information on the natural history of the newts and salamanders of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa
Western Ghats Frogs
Western Palearctic Water Frogs

Australia

Frogs of Australia

Europe

Amphibians and Reptiles of Austria
Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Cyprus
Cheshire Amphibians of Cheshire county, England
Salamanders of the Old World: information on the natural history of the newts and salamanders of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa
Western Palearctic Water Frogs

North America

Amphibians of Acadiana Park, USA
A virtual exhibit on Canada's Biodiversity: Focus on Amphibians
California Reptiles and Amphibians
Center for North American Herpetology
Checklist of Mississippi Amphibians
Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Coastal Southern California
Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

South America

Amphibians of Chile (in Spanish)
Amphibians of Ecuador (also includes reptiles)
AmphibiaWeb Ecuador (in Spanish)
Biodiversity and Conservation of Ecuador, by Diego Francisco Cisneros-Heredia
Checklist of the Amphibians of Ecuador (in Spanish)
Jatun Sacha conservation foundation, Ecuador
Ranas de la Amazonía Ecuatoriana: field guide with photographs of Amazonian Ecuador frogs, downloadable in .pdf format from the Field Museum
Red List of the Amphibians of Ecuador (in Spanish)

Publications

"Bibliomania!" Search herpetological literature
HerpDigest: A Free Electronic Newsletter on Herps
Patrick Steinberger's Photo-mailinglist: receive about 400Kb worth of amphibian photos each week day

Frog and Toad Calls

Animal Diversity Web frog calls at the University of Michigan
Fonozoo (Fonoteca Zoológica) is the animal sound library of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales of Madrid (Spain).
MidWest U.S. frog calls and video
Western Soundscape Archive provides access to sounds of vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds) and some invertebrates of the Western United States
See list of frog and toad call tapes and CDs.

Herpetological Societies

Global

The World Congress of Herpetology

North America

SSAR, Society for Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Center for North American Herpetology
Southwestern Herpetologists Society
East Texas Herpetological Society
New York Herpetological Society
Philadelphia Herpetological Society
Virginia Herpetological Society
Central Florida Herpetological Society
Tucson Herpetological Society
Ontario Herpetological Society
ARAV - Association of Reptilian & Amphibian Veterinarians
Western New York Herpetological Society
The Herpetologists' League

South America

Asociación Herpetológica Argentina

Europe

Herpetological Club Oradea (Romania)
Societas Europaea Herpetologica
German Herpetological Society
ROPS, a German Herpetolocultural Society
Asociación Herpetológica Española
Podarcis, New Dutch herpetological E-zine
Stockholms Herpetologiska Förening
Nordisk herpetologisk forening
Societas Herpetologica Italica

Asia

The Herpetological Society of Japan

Oceania

The Australian Society of Herpetologists Incorporated
Victorian Herpetological Society
Victorian Frog Group
Queensland Frog Society
Western Australian Society of Amateur Herpetologists
Western Herpetological Society of Queensland Inc.

Africa

Herpetological Association of Africa

Other

Herp Organizations
The World Congress of Herpetology

This list is not complete. If you know of other sites or resources that should be included here, please contact us.

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Home Search the Database About Amphibians About AmphibiaWeb Taxonomy Links Decline Links Monitoring Links Biology Links Use of Data Site Search Site Map	Amphibian Biology Resources Find info on a particular species by searching our species database. To view a list of all amphibians in our database, see the species lists. Salamander-Specific Resources Caudata.org -- Information on captive maintenance and breeding of salamanders Salamander Feeding Videos by Stephen Deban Salamanders of the Old World -- information on the natural history of the newts and salamanders of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa Tylototriton.org Caecilian-Specific Resources Gymnophiona.org -- information on caecilians, with an emphasis on captive husbandry Frog and Tadpole-Specific Resources (sources for frog calls are listed in the section Frog and Toad Calls) African Frogs at the California Academy of Sciences A Frog's Life -- General information about frog biology, and also information about Adelaide frogs (Australia) Frogs and Tadpoles of Borneo Frogs of the Malay Peninsula Frogs.org -- A great resource on frog conservation, by the Amphibian Conservation Alliance Frogs.org.au -- Australian Frog Conservation site Leptodactylus -- Information bank for Leptodactylus frogs Proyecto Ranas de Cristal/Glassfrogs: Centrolenidae (in Spanish) Tadpole Identification Key for Europe, by Friedo Berninghausen Tadpole Identification Key for the United States and Canada, hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey Virtual Frog Dissection Kit Western Ghats Frogs Western Palearctic Water Frogs General Resources on Amphibian Biology (see below for Region-specific Resources) Amphibian Embryology Tutorial University of Wisconsin Amphibian Genome Sizes at the Animal Genome Size Database site Amphibian Species of the World -- a fully searchable online reference of amphibian taxonomy Animal Diversity Web amphibian pages at the University of Michigan Combined Herpetology Collections Index at the California Academy of Sciences HerpNET is a collaborative effort by institutions in the United States, Canada and Mexico to establish a network between databases of herpetological collections Information Resources for Amphibians Used in Biomedical Research ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) provides authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, and microbes of North America and the world ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) provides authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, and microbes of North America and the world IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group: includes links to Froglog and Amphibian Conservation Action Plan Species Analyst is a tool for searching several museum collections, by the North American Biodiversity Information Network Species 2000 -- Enumerating all known species of plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity Translations of the Scientific Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America -- Etymology site by Ellin Beltz Tree of Life Project starting at the "Living Amphibians" page The World Congress of Herpetology Region-Specific Amphibian Biology Resources Africa African Frogs at the California Academy of Sciences Salamanders of the Old World: information on the natural history of the newts and salamanders of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa Western Palearctic Water Frogs Asia Amphibians of Coorg, Western Ghats, India Frogs and Tadpoles of Borneo Frogs of the Malay Peninsula Salamanders of the Old World: information on the natural history of the newts and salamanders of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa Western Ghats Frogs Western Palearctic Water Frogs Australia Frogs of Australia Europe Amphibians and Reptiles of Austria Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Cyprus Cheshire Amphibians of Cheshire county, England Salamanders of the Old World: information on the natural history of the newts and salamanders of Europe, Asia and Northern Africa Western Palearctic Water Frogs North America Amphibians of Acadiana Park, USA A virtual exhibit on Canada's Biodiversity: Focus on Amphibians California Reptiles and Amphibians Center for North American Herpetology Checklist of Mississippi Amphibians Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Coastal Southern California Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas South America Amphibians of Chile (in Spanish) Amphibians of Ecuador (also includes reptiles) AmphibiaWeb Ecuador (in Spanish) Biodiversity and Conservation of Ecuador, by Diego Francisco Cisneros-Heredia Checklist of the Amphibians of Ecuador (in Spanish) Jatun Sacha conservation foundation, Ecuador Ranas de la Amazonía Ecuatoriana: field guide with photographs of Amazonian Ecuador frogs, downloadable in .pdf format from the Field Museum Red List of the Amphibians of Ecuador (in Spanish) Publications "Bibliomania!" Search herpetological literature HerpDigest: A Free Electronic Newsletter on Herps Patrick Steinberger's Photo-mailinglist: receive about 400Kb worth of amphibian photos each week day Frog and Toad Calls Animal Diversity Web frog calls at the University of Michigan Fonozoo (Fonoteca Zoológica) is the animal sound library of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales of Madrid (Spain). MidWest U.S. frog calls and video Western Soundscape Archive provides access to sounds of vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds) and some invertebrates of the Western United States See list of frog and toad call tapes and CDs. Herpetological Societies Global The World Congress of Herpetology North America SSAR, Society for Study of Amphibians and Reptiles American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Center for North American Herpetology Southwestern Herpetologists Society East Texas Herpetological Society New York Herpetological Society Philadelphia Herpetological Society Virginia Herpetological Society Central Florida Herpetological Society Tucson Herpetological Society Ontario Herpetological Society ARAV - Association of Reptilian & Amphibian Veterinarians Western New York Herpetological Society The Herpetologists' League South America Asociación Herpetológica Argentina Europe Herpetological Club Oradea (Romania) Societas Europaea Herpetologica German Herpetological Society ROPS, a German Herpetolocultural Society Asociación Herpetológica Española Podarcis, New Dutch herpetological E-zine Stockholms Herpetologiska Förening Nordisk herpetologisk forening Societas Herpetologica Italica Asia The Herpetological Society of Japan Oceania The Australian Society of Herpetologists Incorporated Victorian Herpetological Society Victorian Frog Group Queensland Frog Society Western Australian Society of Amateur Herpetologists Western Herpetological Society of Queensland Inc. Africa Herpetological Association of Africa Other Herp Organizations The World Congress of Herpetology This list is not complete. If you know of other sites or resources that should be included here, please contact us.