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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

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.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 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
IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group: includes links to Froglog and Amphibian Conservation Action Plan
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 (international meeting, every four years)

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

Frogs and Tadpoles of Borneo
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

Australia

Frogs of Australia

Europe

Amphibians and Reptiles of Austria
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
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
SSAR Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico

South America

Amphibians of Chile (in Spanish)
AmphibiaWebEcuador: species lists, photos, sound files, video and other information about the amphibians of Ecuador (in Spanish)
Amphibians of Ecuador (also includes reptiles)
Biodiversity and Conservation of Ecuador, by Diego Francisco Cisneros-Heredia
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

West Indies

Caribherp (Bahamas, Caymans, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico)

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

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

South America

Asociación Herpetológica Argentina

Europe

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

Asia

The Herpetological Society of Japan

Oceania

Queensland Frog Society
The Australian Society of Herpetologists Incorporated
Victorian Herpetological Society
Victorian Frog Group

Africa

Herpetological Association of Africa

Other

Herp Organizations
The World Congress of Herpetology

Amphibian Osteology and Fossils

Lisanfos KMS: a searchable photographic database of lissamphibian fossils and extant amphibian bones, developed by CSIC (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales), Madrid.

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 Global Amphibian Bioblitz 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 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.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 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 IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group: includes links to Froglog and Amphibian Conservation Action Plan 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 (international meeting, every four years) 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 Frogs and Tadpoles of Borneo 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 Australia Frogs of Australia Europe Amphibians and Reptiles of Austria 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 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 SSAR Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico South America Amphibians of Chile (in Spanish) AmphibiaWebEcuador: species lists, photos, sound files, video and other information about the amphibians of Ecuador (in Spanish) Amphibians of Ecuador (also includes reptiles) Biodiversity and Conservation of Ecuador, by Diego Francisco Cisneros-Heredia 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 West Indies Caribherp (Bahamas, Caymans, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico) 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 American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists SSAR, Society for Study of Amphibians and Reptiles The Herpetologists' League Center for North American Herpetology ARAV - Association of Reptilian & Amphibian Veterinarians Central Florida Herpetological Society East Texas Herpetological Society Philadelphia Herpetological Society Southwestern Herpetologists Society Tucson Herpetological Society Virginia Herpetological Society Western New York Herpetological Society South America Asociación Herpetológica Argentina Europe Asociación Herpetológica Española German Herpetological Society Herpetological Club Oradea (Romania) Nordisk herpetologisk forening Podarcis, Dutch herpetological E-zine Smålands Herpetologiska Förening (Sweden) Societas Europaea Herpetologica Societas Herpetologica Italica Stockholms Herpetologiska Förening Asia The Herpetological Society of Japan Oceania Queensland Frog Society The Australian Society of Herpetologists Incorporated Victorian Herpetological Society Victorian Frog Group Africa Herpetological Association of Africa Other Herp Organizations The World Congress of Herpetology Amphibian Osteology and Fossils Lisanfos KMS: a searchable photographic database of lissamphibian fossils and extant amphibian bones, developed by CSIC (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales), Madrid. This list is not complete. If you know of other sites or resources that should be included here, please contact us.