Homepage for the Dept. of the Interior's Initiative coordinated
by the USGS, for amphibian (frogs, toads, salamanders and newts)
monitoring, research, and conservation. Links to National Atlas
for Amphibian Distribution, photos, and interactive map serve
Amphibian population declines and deformities due to various
causes including land use change, viruses, and fungi. Links to
USGS press releases, answers to FAQs (HTML and PDF versions) and
photos with downloadable files. They're abundant in this area,
but hard to count reliably. We outline a procedure for
estimating the population sizes so that we can determine whether
they're increasing or dwindling. We must both listen for their
calls and visually confirm them. Links to information on species
of frogs, toads, and salamanders located in the southeastern
United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with information on
appearance, habitats, calls, and status, plus photos, glossary,
and provisional data. Fact sheet (PDF format) on amphibians in
Olympic National P