AmphibiaWeb facts for kids
| Synthesizing and sharing information about amphibians to enable research, education, and conservation | |
| Industry | Herpetology |
| Founded | 2000, California, United States |
AmphibiaWeb is a special website from the United States. It is a non-profit project, which means it doesn't aim to make money. Its main job is to share lots of information about amphibians. Amphibians are amazing creatures like frogs, toads, and salamanders.
This website is run by several big universities. These include the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Florida. They work together with the California Academy of Sciences.
The main goal of AmphibiaWeb is to have a dedicated page for every single amphibian species on Earth. This helps scientists, students, and people who work to protect animals. They can all use the website to learn and share information. By 2012, the website had information on its 7,000th amphibian. This was a glass frog found in Peru. By 2022, it had grown to include over 8,400 species from all over the world.
About AmphibiaWeb
How AmphibiaWeb Started
A scientist named David Wake created AmphibiaWeb in the year 2000. He was very worried because amphibian numbers were dropping around the world. He wanted to do something to help.
Professor Wake started the website at the University of California at Berkeley. He saw AmphibiaWeb as an important part of his life's work. It was his way of helping these unique animals.
Who Uses AmphibiaWeb?
AmphibiaWeb shares its information with many other important groups. These include the IUCN, which helps protect nature. It also shares with Encyclopedia of Life and iNaturalist.
Scientists often use the information from AmphibiaWeb in their research. They also mention the website in their scientific papers. This shows how important and trusted the information on AmphibiaWeb is for studying amphibians.
See also
In Spanish: AmphibiaWeb para niños
