AmphibiaWeb explained

AmphibiaWeb
Type:Synthesizing and sharing information about amphibians to enable research, education, and conservation
Foundation:2000, California, United States
Industry:Herpetology
Homepage: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, citizen scientists and 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.[8]

Uses

AmphibiaWeb provides information to the IUCN, CalPhotos, Encyclopedia of Life and iNaturalist, and the database is cited in scientific publications.[9] [10] [11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Science. 305. DATABASE: Down at the Frog Pond. September 10, 2004. 5690. 10.1126/science.305.5690.1543a . 1543. 220104410. free.
  2. News: Discovery Of 7,000th Amphibian Celebrated In Song. NPR. April 10, 2022. August 2, 2012. All Things Considered.
  3. News: Despite global amphibian decline, number of known species soars. University California at Berkeley. July 30, 2012. Robert Sanders. July 2, 2020.
  4. Web site: About Amphibiaweb. April 10, 2022. AmphibiaWeb. AmphibiaWeb Team.
  5. Book: Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide. July 2, 2020. 320. CRC Press. Diane Schmidtt. 4. 2014. 9781466558571.
  6. News: David Wake, Expert on Salamanders and Evolution, Dies at 84. June 4, 2021. May 19, 2021. The New York Times. Richard Sandomir.
  7. News: Salamander Expert David Wake Dies at 84. June 4, 2021. Scientist. Lisa Winter. May 21, 2021.
  8. News: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley. AmphibiaWeb Project. July 2, 2020. February 20, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200220223139/http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Amphibiaweb_info.html. dead.
  9. Yap, T. A.. Koo, M. S.. Ambrose, R. F.. Vredenburg, V. T.. 2018. Introduced bullfrog facilitates pathogen invasion in the western United States.. PLOS ONE. 13. 4. e0188384. 10.1371/journal.pone.0188384. 29659568. 5901863. 2018PLoSO..1388384Y. free.
  10. Two new Pandanus frogs (Guibemantis: Mantellidae: Anura) from northern Madagascar. Richard M. Lehtinen. Frank Glaw. Miguel Vences. Andolalao Rakotoarison. Mark D. Scherz. 2018. July 2, 2020. 10.5852/ejt.2018.451. European Journal of Taxonomy. 451. 91855421. free.
  11. Mu L. Zhou L. Yang J. The first identified cathelicidin from tree frogs possesses anti-inflammatory and partial LPS neutralization activities. . Amino Acids. 2017. 49. 9. 1571–1585. 10.1007/s00726-017-2449-7. 28593346. 5561178.
  12. Zhan X. Wu H. Wu H. Metabolites from Bufo gargarizans (Cantor, 1842): A review of traditional uses, pharmacological activity, toxicity and quality control. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. J Ethnopharmacol. 2020. 246. 112178. 10.1016/j.jep.2019.112178. 31445132. 208582111. July 2, 2020.

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