Herpetology

• Center for North American Herpetology (http://www.cnah.org/). This site provides information on species, societies, and current research.

• Amphibian Species of the World (http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html) Provided by the American Museum of Natural History, this site is an ongoing attempt to catalog the living amphibian species of the world. The database can be searched by classification or distribution of given amphibian.

• AmphibiaWeb (http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/aw/). AmphibiaWeb is an online resource for people concerned with the declining amphibian problem. The site is sponsored by the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California Berkeley, the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force, associated with the Open University Ecology and Conservation Research Group, and the Turner Foundation.

• EMBL Reptile Database (http://www.reptile-database.org/). Begun in 1995 at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, now updated by Zoological Museum Hamburg, this database provides taxonomic information (such as synonyms and distribution) on nearly all 8200 species in the Class Reptilia. Photos of more than 1000 species are also accessible.

• Turtles of the World (http://emys.geo.orst.edu/). This prototype site provided by several professionals will eventually offer a global database of turtle and tortoise distribution. Currently data for most species except those in North America are presented.

To report broken links, suggest new links, or simply request assistance, please contact Jean Cook (jcook@westga.edu), Library Liaison to the Biology Department.