In the 2012 President's Budget Request, the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is terminated. As a result, all resources, databases, tools, and applications within this web site will be removed on January 15, 2012. For more information, please refer to the NBII Program Termination page.
Several amphibian species identification guides and checklists are available online. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides an online identification guide and checklist for North American amphibians through the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC). The guide contains photos and distribution maps to aid amphibian species identification. Search for additional online resources relevant to amphibian species identification using the resource viewer below.
How Do I Identify Amphibian Species?
The dilemma is all too common: you find a frog or salamander in your backyard, but you don't know what species it is. Without a herpetologist on hand to help, what do you do?
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has developed a resource to help you identify your local plants and animals. ENature.com, a free service of NWF, provides you with a list of your local amphibians (as well as other animals and plants), that are accompanied by photographs and descriptive information. How, you ask, does ENature.com know what species are in your area? Because you enter your zip code into ENature's search tool, and it returns to you all possible amphibian species known to occur in your area. Once the system provides you with the potential candidates, you can examine the photos and information on their habitats, range, breeding characteristics, and general appearance. You can even create a free account with ENature to store your "life lists" - that is, those species you observe over the course of your lifetime of nature watching.
The NBII Program is administered by the Biological Informatics Program of the U.S. Geological Survey
