Useful Websites

The links below concentrate on sites that deal with diseases of wild amphibians and also some on general amphibian conservation. If you have any suggestion for websites to add to this list please contact us. Please also let us know if you find that any of these links are broken and we will do our best to restore and update them.

• Amphibian Research Centre (Australia): http://frogs.org.au/arc/
• Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy: http://amphibianandreptileconservancy.org/
• AmphibiaWeb (includes list of publications on amphibian declines): http://www.amphibiaweb.org
• Amphibian Ark: http://www.amphibianark.org/
• Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust: http://www.arctrust.org/advice/amphibian-disease
• Atlas of Living Australia Bd map: http://collections.ala.org.au/public/showDataResource/dr642
• Australian Amphibian Declines: http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/zoology/herp/herp2.shtml
• British Columbia Frogwatch Program: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/frogwatch/ecology/diseases.htm
• Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative: http://www.cwhc-rcsf.ca/
• California Center for Amphibian Disease Control: http://www.ccadc.us/
• Center for Wildlife Health at the University of Tennessee: http://wildlifehealth.tennessee.edu/research/adp.htm
• Corroboree Frog site: http://www.corroboreefrog.com.au/corroboree-frog/corroboreeconservation
• EcoHealth Alliance: http://www.ecohealthalliance.org/programs/4-amphibian_declines
• Frogs of Australia: http://www.frogs.org.au
• Froglife: http://www.froglife.org/what-we-do/disease-chytrid/
• Global Amphibian Assessment – Assessment of the global status of amphibians: http://www.globalamphibians.org/
• Garden Wildlife Health disease factsheets (UK): http://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/disease-factsheets/factsheets/
• Global Ranavirus Consortium: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/ranavirus/ranavirus.htm
• Geoff Heard’s Research: http://gwheardresearch.wordpress.com/
• Joyce Longcore’s images: Joyce Longcore is the “mother” of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, being the author of the species (Longcore et al. 1999). Her site contains amazing images of Bd: http://www.umaine.edu/chytrids/Batrachochytrium/Photographs.html
• Jumping Frog Lab – Immunology-oriented information on Xenopus, including stains and species, as well as reagents (mABs, and molecular probes) available. Also information regarding their ongoing study of immunity to ranavirus in Xenopus: http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/mbi/robert/index.html
• NZFROG: http://www.nzfrogs.org/
• OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (OIE 2013) – describes standards for laboratory diagnostic tests: http://www.oie.int/international-standard-setting/aquatic-manual/access-online/
• Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, USGS: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/nearmi/disease/
• Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (USA): http://www.parcplace.org/
• RACE: Risk Assessment of Chytridiomycosis to European Amphibian Biodiversity: http://www.bd-maps.eu/
• Save the Frogs (lots of disease information and including a video): http://www.savethefrogs.com/
• Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: http://www.ssarherps.org/
• San Diego Amphibian Disease Laboratory: http://www.sandiegozooglobal.org/News/Amphibian_Disease_Laboratory/
• The Biodiversity Group: http://www.biodiversitygroup.org/topics/amphibian_declines.html
• USGS, Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative: http://armi.usgs.gov/
• US Fish & Wildlife Service, Amphibian Declines and Deformities: http://www.fws.gov/contaminants/issues/amphibians.cfm
• Washington State University, Amphibian Disease Diagnostic Laboratory: http://sbs.wsu.edu/facilities/amphibian-disease-diagnostic-laboratory/
• Wildlife Health Australia: www.wildlifehealthaustralia.com.au
• YouTube – Amphibian Medicine Tutorials – short 10-15 min video is designed to provide basic background information in various topics of amphibian medicine. The tutorials are available in 3 languages- English, Spanish, and French. The material is generally designed for use by veterinarians, but the information will be helpful to anyone involved in ex situ amphibian conservation programs. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaOhxmTP7asO5zyZQwYzh-A/videos