AmphibiaWeb is an online system enabling anyone with a Web browser to search and retrieve information relating to amphibian biology and conservation. This site was inspired by the global declines of amphibians, the study of which has been hindered by the lack of multidisplinary studies and a lack of coordination in monitoring, in field studies, and in lab studies. We hope AmphibiaWeb will encourage a shared vision for the study of global amphibian declines and the conservation of remaining amphibians.
We have the ambitious goal of establishing a "home page" for every species of amphibian in the world. In order to accomplish this goal we encourage volunteers and specialists to help us prepare species accounts. If you have special interest in a particular species, please contact us.
AmphibiaWeb already offers ready access to taxonomic information for recognized species of amphibian in the world. Species accounts are being added regularly by specialists and volunteers and they contain species descriptions, life history information, conservation status, literature references, photos and range maps for many species. Some species have complete accounts; others as yet have only photographs or maps. But all species can be queried for taxonomic, distributional and exact specimen data.
AmphibiaWeb currently (Nov 18, 2008) contains 6,414 species. We have 2,472 species accounts for 1,931 species, 1,169 distribution maps, 4,345 literature references, 212 sound files, and 13,197 photos of 2,424 different amphibian species. These data come from numerous individuals--please see our acknowledgements page for information about our contributors.
See information on AmphibiaWeb's taxonomy here.
AmphibiaWeb was created in conjunction with the Digital Library Project at the University of California, Berkeley. The technology used for viewing species information and photos continues to be supported and developed by the same people, now part of BSCIT.