AmphibiaWeb
| Company type | Synthesizing and sharing information about amphibians to enable research, education, and conservation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Herpetology |
| Founded | 2000, California, United States |
| Website | www.amphibiaweb.org |
AmphibiaWeb is an American non-profit website that provides information about
amphibians. It is run by a group of universities working with the California Academy of Sciences: San Francisco State University, the University of California at Berkeley, University of Florida at Gainesville, and University of Texas at Austin
.
AmphibiaWeb's goal is to provide a single page for every species of amphibian in the world so research scientists,
conservationists can collaborate.[1] It added its 7000th animal in 2012, a glass frog from Peru.[2][3] As of 2022, it hosted more than 8,400 species located worldwide.[4][5]
Beginning
Scientist
David Wake founded AmphibiaWeb in 2000. Wake had been inspired by the decline of amphibian populations across the world.[6][7] He founded it at the Digital Library Project at the University of California at Berkeley in 2000. Wake came to consider AmphibiaWeb part of his legacy.[3][8]
Uses
AmphibiaWeb provides information to the
IUCN, CalPhotos, Encyclopedia of Life and iNaturalist,[8] and the database is cited in scientific publications.[9][10][11][12]
References
- S2CID 220104410.
- ^ All Things Considered (August 2, 2012). "Discovery Of 7,000th Amphibian Celebrated In Song". NPR. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ a b Robert Sanders (July 30, 2012). "Despite global amphibian decline, number of known species soars". University California at Berkeley. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ AmphibiaWeb Team. "About Amphibiaweb". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ISBN 9781466558571. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ Richard Sandomir (May 19, 2021). "David Wake, Expert on Salamanders and Evolution, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ Lisa Winter (May 21, 2021). "Salamander Expert David Wake Dies at 84". Scientist. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "AmphibiaWeb Project". Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- PMID 29659568.
- S2CID 91855421. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- PMID 28593346.
- S2CID 208582111. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
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