Links
Serious Links
The Frog Page--Great info and other frog links
Northern Leopard Frog Page--Lots of information on this species
The Whole Frog-- A virtual frog dissection
The Frog Life Cycle Page--Basically everything you ever wanted to know about the frog's life cycle
Digital Frog--This is a commercial site
dealing in cd's of frog related material. They are nice people and have
an excellent link to amphibian and amphibian habitat sites.
Fun Frog Pages
The Froggy Page--An entertaining frog page
Other Habitats
The Vernal Pool Association
EnviroNet
Missouri's Toads and Frogs
An Introduction to the Natural History of the Frogs and Toads of Ohio
Reptiles and Amphibians of North Dakota
The Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team
Amphibians of Maine
Index of Natural Heritage Programs--Look here to learn about Natural Heritage programs in your state or other regions of the world.
Reptiles and Amphibians in the Pacific Northwest
Massachusetts Freshwater Fishes
Credits
This ThinkQuest project was the joint effort of Steven Biller, Brian Stempeck, and Jacob Chase. Our coaches were
Leo Kenney and Susan Oleszko-Szuts.
All uncredited photos are by Leo P. Kenney
All photographs and art are copyrighted by the credited authors and are used with their permission. Materials should not be used further (other than classroom use) without their permission.
HTML Authoring was done by Steven Biller. All title graphics were created by Brian Stempeck, with page layout by Steve Biller and Brian Stempeck. Jacob Chase and Steven Biller did the majority of the research. The range maps were created by Steven Biller, based on information from Amphibians and Reptiles of New England (see below). Writing was done by Biller, Stempeck, and Chase. We would like to thank Leo Kenney for his input and suggestions. Biller, Stempeck, and Chase assume all responsibility for any incorrect information.
We also wish to thank the following for materials used on these pages:
- Leo Kenney for the use of his photographs.
- Al Richmond, a Herpetologist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, for the use of photographs.
- The Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program for photographs from their collection.
- The Peabody Museum in Salem, Mass for access to the original Fowler's toad drawing, which is part of their collection.
- Dr. Stan Sessions, Hartwick College, for the material about deformed frogs and the link to his web site about the problem
Bibliography
Conuel, Thomas, Christopher Leahy, and John Mitchell. The Nature of Massachusetts. Reading: Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1989.
DeGraff, Richard and Deborah Rudis. Amphibians and Reptiles of New England. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1983.
Goin, Coleman. Introduction to Herpetology. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1971.
Hunter, Malcolm L., John Albright, and Jane Arbuckle. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Maine. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 1992.
Klemens, Michael. Amphibians and Reptiles of Connecticut and Adjacent Regions. State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 1993.
Porter, Kenneth. Herpetology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1972.
Smith, Hobart M. Amphibians of North America. New York: Golden Press, 1978.
Tyning, Thomas. A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1990.
Wright, Albert and Anna Wright. Handbook of Frogs and Toads of the United States and Canada. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1949.
