Connecticut Amphibian Monitoring Project

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Field Guides, Books and Websites

Field Guides and other books and articles may be available at area libraries.

: A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians: Eastern and Central North America; Roger Conant and Joseph T. Collins; Peterson Field Guide series; Houghton Mifflin, 1991 (3rd ed.)

: Stokes Nature Guides; A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles; Thomas F. Tyning; Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1990

: Amphibians and Reptiles of Connecticut and Adjacent Regions; Michael W. Klemens; State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 1993

: Amphibians and Reptiles in Connecticut: a checklist with notes on conservation status, identification and distribution; Michael W. Klemens; CT DEP Bulletin No. 32; Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection, 2000

: Amphibians and Reptiles of the Connecticut College Arboretum; Jill DeVito and Joseph Markow; Bulletin No. 36.; The Connecticut College Arboretum, 1998

: Amphibians and Reptiles of New England: Habitats and Natural History; Richard M. DeGraaf and Deborah D. Rudis; Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 1983

: The Amphibians of New England; Anne Orth Epple; Camden, ME: Down East Books, 1983

: A Field Guide to the Animals of Vernal Pools; Leo P. Kenney and Matthew R. Burne; Mass. Division of Fisheries and Wildlife -
Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program; and the Vernal Pool Association; May 2000; 508.792.7270 ext.200
www.state.ma.us/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/nhpubrare.htm#vernpubs

: Pond and Brook: a Guide to Nature Study in Freshwater Environments; Michael J. Caduta; Prentice Hall, 1985

: Salamanders of the United States and Canada; James W. Petranka, ed.; Smithsonian Inst. Press, 1998

: Swampwalker's Journal: a Wetlands Year; David M. Carroll; Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999

Web Sites

In the U.S., the North American Amphibian Monitoring Project (N.A.A.M.P.) establishes population survey protocols and collects data from monitoring sites.
The North American Amphibian Monitoring Program

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center of the USGS maintains this site:
The North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations

AmphibiaWeb, hosted by the University of California, Berkeley, offers taxonomic information for every recognized amphibian species in the world. The site features excellent photographs.
AmphibiaWeb

A good Web Site for kids and teachers is the Center for Global Environmental Education's:
A Thousand Friends of Frogs

The Connecticut Audubon Soceity's Web Site:
Connecticut Audubon

The Southern New England Herpetological Association's Website:
S.N.E.H.A.

The New England Herpetological Society's Website features excellent photographs:
New England Herpetological Society

Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo located in Bridgeport and only zoo in Connecticut has an excellent Rain Forest exhibit featuring amphibians (Zoo Info Line: 203.394.6565):
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo

The Website of the Museum of Natural History at the University of Connecticut includes descriptions of frogs:
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History

This site, designed by John Himmelman, has excellent phtographs of Connecticut's amphibians:
Connecticut Amphibians

The Environmental News Network recently featured amphibians:
Fungus Killing Endangered Rockies Toads

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For questions or comments on this website,
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March 2004

Project Coordinator
Hank Gruner
Science Center of Connecticut
950 Trout Brook Drive
West Hartford, CT 06119
Telephone:
860.231.2830 ext.28
e-mail: hgruner@sciencecenterct.org