Biodiversity Information Projects of the World

Amphibiaweb

Project Website

http://www.amphibiaweb.org

Project Description

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 (May 10, 2007) contains 6153 species, for which we have approximately 1324 species accounts, 1172 distribution maps, 3509 literature references, 152 sound files, and 9355 photos of 1917 different amphibian species. These data come from numerous individuals--please see our acknowledgements page for information about our contributors.

AmphibiaWeb has been created in conjunction with the Digital Library Project at the University of California, Berkeley, which hosts this Web site and developed the technology used for viewing species information and photos.

Contact

David Wake
Director
Berkeley University of California

Project Type

Data Aggregator

Project Language

English

Project Start Date

01-Feb-2000

Key Inputs

Funding from sponsors, photos and descriptions from researchers/public

Key Infrastructure

On line database, CalPhotos database for photos

Key Technologies

Unknown

Key Processes

Contribution of photos, data, etc.

Geographic Scope

Global - Global

Taxonomic Scope

Class - Amphibia

Comments

Variety of sponsors including Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Digital Library Project, National Science Foundation, Turner Foundation, DIVERSITAS,

Record Status

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