Chapter 28 Web Links

Chapter 28 Amphibians: The First Terrestrial Vertebrates

Introduction to the Amphibia. This University of California at Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology site provides links to information on the fossil record, life history, and systematics of the amphibians.

Class Lissamphibia (Amphibia). University of Michigan site on amphibians. Pictures, much information on the morphology, distribution and ecology of a large number of amphibians. Each species is linked to web pages. Images and/or audio may not be available for display depending on your server.

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory: Reptiles and Amphibians. The University of Georgia's SREL has been involved in research on reptiles and amphibians since the 1960s. This site has pictures, research summaries, and links to more information on "herps."

North American Amphibian Monitoring Program. Information and links to information on the study and conservation efforts for amphibians. Supported by the USGS and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.

DAPTF Home Pages. Under the umbrella of the IUCN, this is the International Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force. Check out their newsletter, Froglog.

Class Amphibia. From the University of Minnesota. Many interesting links.

Frogs

Netfrog--The Interactive Frog Dissection. This site is designed to prepare high school students for frog dissection. It is an interesting review for beginning zoology students or an introduction to frog anatomy for zoology students who did not dissect a frog in high school. The video may not work with all systems or platforms.

Frog. One unlabeled photo of internal organs.

Images of the frog. A few images of the frog, the most useful one is the labeled picture of the skeleton of the frog.

FROGLOG. This site provides lists of publications regarding amphibians, as well as information on the status of amphibian populations around the world.

Deformed Frogs in Minnesota. Information about the deformities seen worldwide in frogs.

Great Lakes Declining Amphibians Working Group. A plethora of links from this site.

The Virtual Frog Project. This was designed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory using X-Ray CT imaging, MRI imaging and other visualization techniques to make clickable 3-D images of the frog and its internal organs.

Frog Dissection Guide. A guide only, no photographs or diagrams, yet there is much material on taxonomy, and description of structure and function.

Frog Dissection. Several useful labeled photographs of a frog dissection.

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