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 that helps people learn about amphibians. It is a non-profit project, meaning it focuses on its mission rather than making money. Several universities work together to run it. These include San Francisco State University and the University of California at Berkeley. Also involved are the University of Florida at Gainesville and the University of Texas at Austin. They also partner with the California Academy of Sciences.
The main goal of AmphibiaWeb is to have a dedicated page for every amphibian species in the world. This helps scientists, hobbyists, and people who work to protect animals. They can all share information and work together. In 2012, the website added its 7,000th animal. This was a glass frog found in Peru. By 2022, AmphibiaWeb had information on more than 8,400 species from all over the globe.
How AmphibiaWeb Started
A scientist named David Wake created AmphibiaWeb in the year 2000. He was worried because the number of amphibians around the world was getting smaller. He wanted to do something to help. Professor Wake started the website at the Digital Library Project. This project was part of the University of California at Berkeley. David Wake saw AmphibiaWeb as an important part of his life's work.
How AmphibiaWeb Is Used
AmphibiaWeb shares its information with many other important groups. It provides facts to the IUCN, which helps protect nature. It also shares data with CalPhotos, Encyclopedia of Life, and iNaturalist. Scientists often use the information from AmphibiaWeb in their research papers. This shows how valuable the website is for studying and protecting amphibians.
See also
In Spanish: AmphibiaWeb para niños
