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Frogs
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Frogs 
 Designed with children in mind, this attractive site has information and multimedia activities. Includes a discussion of frog biology, an interview with a frog researcher, instructions for making a simple rain stick, and a tour of "Frog City U.S.A." Users can listen to frog calls from the rainforest and see how frog camouflage works. An exhibit of the Exploratorium online science museum. http://www.exploratorium.edu/frogs/ Topics: Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians Last updated Mar 17, 2009 Frogs: A Chorus of Colors
"As humans change natural environments, frogs around the world are disappearing." This site provides information on frog life cycles and reproduction, environmental concerns, details on various species (including poisonous ones), photographs, and audio files of individual species and of a frog chorus. From the American Museum of Natural History. http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/frogs/ Topics: Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Mar 17, 2005 Frogwatch USA
"Frogwatch USA is a Citizen Science Monitoring Program that gives you the opportunity to help scientists conserve amphibians." On this site read the eight easy steps for becoming a frog-watching volunteer, discover the instructions for frog-watching, and learn about the frog species in your state (including images and sounds). Also includes data from prior Frogwatch seasons. From the National Wildlife Federation through the 2009 season, and Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) thereafter. http://www.nwf.org/frogwatchusa/ Topics: Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians Last updated Apr 20, 2009 Netfrog: The Interactive Frog Dissection
Two versions of a tutorial to teach high school students the anatomy of a frog as well as how to dissect it. From a professor at the University of Virginia. http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu// Topics: Animals, Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Nov 14, 2006 Salientia: Frogs and Toads
This site provides zoological information and some photos of Salientia, which includes &quopt;frogs and toads, and their close fossil relatives." Contains a tree of life showing the relationship between the species and genera, history of their fossil record, world maps showing their geographic distribution, and a bibliography. http://tolweb.org/Salientia Topics: Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Jan 27, 2009 Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
Dissect Fluffy the digitized frog and play a game to learn about the "3D spatial relationships between the organs in the frog" at this interactive site. Part of the "Whole Frog Project." Available in several languages. From the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. http://froggy.lbl.gov/virtual/ Topics: Animals, Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians Last updated Jan 6, 2005 |
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