January 2008

New photos of the following species:
Pseudobranchus axanthus
, Hemidactylium scutatum, Salamandra salamandra terrestris

Anura Database under construction. In the meantime, please visit http://amphibiaweb.org/lists/index.shtml

New photos of the following species: Tylototriton hainanensis

 April 2007

New photos of the following species:
Ansonia longidigita Pelophryne signata Rana glandulosa Rhacophorus pardalis Polypedates otilophus

New photos of the following species:
Leptobrachium abbotti Megophrys ligayae Limnonectes paramacrodon Staurois natator  Rhacophorus everetti 

Salamandra atra Salamandra salamandra


 February 2007

Notes on the newly recognized species, Ambystoma bishopi.

 November 2006

New website! We've decided it's about time for a makeover. We hope you like the new site.

 March 2006

Photos of the new species, Tylototriton vietnamensis.

        
 December 2005

Photos of the newly separated species, Salamandrina perspicillata.

 August 2005

New photos of Echinotriton andersoni.

New photos of Paramesotriton laoensis.

New photos of Paramesotriton deloustali (habitat).

New photos of Proteus anguinus.

July 2005

New photos of Ambystoma mexicanum eggs (days 1-4).

New photos of Tylototriton wenxianensis.

May 2005

Photos of the newly separated Plethodon asupak (Scott Bar Salamander).

Photos of the newly discovered Karsenia koreana (Korean Crevice Salamander).

New photos of Necturus maculosus.

Updates to Paramesotriton database entry.

April 2005

New photos of Hynobius tokyoensis.

New photos of Ambystoma opacum.

New photos of Hynobius retardatus.

New photos of Hynobius lichenatus.

New photos of Hynobius leechi (quelpartensis).

New photos of Ambystoma opacum.

New photos of Ambystoma gracile (neotenic adult).

New photos of Ambystoma mexicanum (transformed leucistic).

New photos of Triturus carnifex.

New photos of Lissotriton vulgaris.

New photos of Lissotriton helveticus.

New photos of Mesotriton alpestris.

March 2005

New Caudate Biology & Physiology text (Form & Function of the Skin, Pigment, and Glands); information about phenotype mutations, including albinism, xanthism, melanism, and leucism.

New photos of Rana maosonensis.

New photos of Rana temporaria.

New photos of Paramesotriton fuzhongensis.

February 2005

New photo juvenile Aneides lugubris.

New photos of a albonic Batrachoseps attenuatus.

New photo of breeding male Paramesotriton fuzhongensis.

New photo of juvenile Paramesotriton caudopunctatus.

New photo of Cynops pyrrhogaster sasayamae.

New photo of Neurergus strauchii strauchii.

New photo of Tylototriton asperrimus.

Updates to Tylototriton shanjing database entry.

New photos of Tylototriton verrucosus.

January 2005

Updates to the Taricha database entry.

New photos of Taricha granulosa.

New photos of Cynops pyrrhogaster.

New photos of Triturus carnifex.

New photos of Triturus marmoratus.

New photos of Pseudacris regilla.

New photos of Batrachoseps attenuatus.

New photos of Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica.

New photos of Aneides flavipunctatus.

New photos of Taricha torosa.

New photos of Paramesotriton deloustali.

New photos of Bombina orientalis.

December 2004

New photos of Cynops cyanurus, and Taricha granulosa.

New photos of Hemidactylium scutatum, Pseudotriton ruber, and Gyrinophilus porphyriticus.

New photos of Rhyacotriton cascadae, Rhyacotriton kezeri, and Rhyacotriton olympicus.

New photos of Plethodon chattahoochee, Plethodon cinereus, Plethodon dunni, Plethodon elongatus, Plethodon glutinosus, Plethodon hubrichti, Plethodon larselli, Plethodon petraeus, Plethodon vandykei, and Plethodon vehiculum.

New photos of Aneides flavipunctatus, and Aneides vagrans.

New photos of Eurycea bislineata, Eurycea cirrigera, and Eurycea wilderae.

New photos of Hynobius dunni, Hynobius kimurae, Hynobius naevius, Hynobius okiensis, Hynobius retardatus, Hynobius tsuensis, and Hynobius yiwuensis.

New photos of Dicamptodon copei, and Dicamptodon tenebrosus.

New photos of Batrachoseps attenuatus, Batrachoseps campi, Batrachoseps nigriventris, Batrachoseps robustus, and Batrachoseps wrighti (=wrightorum).

New photos of Desmognathus fuscus, Desmognathus orestes, Desmognathus monticola, and Desmognathus marmoratus.

New database entry for the Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.

New database entry for the Ambystoma opacum.

New database entry for the genus Dicamptodon.

New database entry for the genus Rhyacotriton.

Updated the Caudata Database, and most of the Anura Database, with the exception of the families Hylidae, Leptodactylidae, and Bufonidae.

New look and format in many sections.

November 2004

Added link to Jeet Sukumaran's site, Frogs of the Malay Peninsula.

New Photos of Geotrypetes seraphini, Herpele squalostoma, and Ichthyophis kahtoensis.

New Photos of Ranodon sibiricus, Salamandrella keyserlingii, Paramesotriton deloustali, and Gyrinophilus gulolineatus.

New Photos of Plethodon montanus.

New Photos of Echinotriton andersoni, and Pleurodeles nebulosus.

New Member Photo Galleries. Registered users can create their own albums in their personal gallery, or post to the general galleries. Membership is free, and open to anyone with amphibian or nature photos to display.

Updates to the California Tiger Salamander database entry.

October 2004

New photos of Salamandra salamandra terrestris (juveniles).

New article: Substrate Mixtures for the Vivarium.

New photos of Tylototriton taliangensis, and Neurergus strauchii.

New photos of Paramesotriton caudopunctatus, Paramesotriton fuzhongensis, and Cynops pyrrhogaster.

New photos of Hyla meridionalis, Bufo bufo, and Rana perezi.

September 2004

New photos of Tylototriton taliangensis.

New printable PDF versions of selected database entries: Cynops, Neurergus, Pachytriton, Paramesotriton, Taricha, Euproctus asper, Notophthalmus viridescens, Pleurodeles waltl, and Tylototriton shanjing.

August 2004

New database entry: Genus Neurergus

New photos of Neurergus crocatus, Neurergus microspilotus, and Neurergus strauchii.

July 2004

Updates to the Triturus Database Entry Database Entry, so that the many photos load quicker for dial up connections. 

New photos of Hyla meridionalis, Rana perezi, and Bufo calamita

New photos of Pleurodeles waltl, Salamandra salamandra gallaica, Triturus pygmaeus, and Triturus marmoratus.  

More new photos of Salamandra salamandra terrestris juveniles. 

Updates to Tylototriton shanjing database entry. 

More new photos of Bufo bufo

More new photos of Neurergus strauchii strauchii.

June 2004

New photos of Plethodon kisatchie

New photos of Salamandra salamandra terrestris morphs. 

Photo of the rare Cynops chenggongensis added, and new photos of Salamandra algira

Minor revisions made to the Pachytriton, Cynops, Paramesotriton, and Ambystoma californiense database entries.

New photos of Paramesotriton caudopunctatus.

May 2004

New photos of Neurergus strauchii strauchii.

New species account: Ensatina eschscholtzii.

New photos of Afrixalus dorsalis, Bufo japonicus, Hyla chinensis, Hynobius kimurae, Hynobius naevius, and Salamandra salamandra salamandra.

New photos of Odontophrynus lavillai, Phrynohyas venulosa, Phrynohyas resinifictrix, Pseudis paradoxa, Rana nicobariensis, Scaphiophryne gottlebei, Staurois natator, Leptopelis uluguruensis, Phyllomedusa boliviana, and Phyllomedusa sauvagii.

April 2004

New photos of Atelopus spumarius, Boophis albilabris, Boophis boehmei, Boophis idae, Epipedobates hahneli, Heterixalus betsileo, Heterixalus boettgeri, Heterixalus luteostriatus, Heterixalus madagascarensis, Hyla boans, Mantella milotympanum, and Mantella crocea.

New photos of Cynops cyanurus, and yet more photos of Paramesotriton fuzhongensis.

New photos of Paramesotriton hongkongensis.

New photos of Cynops orientalis morphs.

New photos of Paramesotriton caudopunctatus, and Paramesotriton fuzhongensis.

March 2004

New photos of Cynops orientalis larvae.

New photos of Hynobius tsuensis and Hynobius okiensis. Minor updates to the Paramesotriton, Cynops, and Taricha genera sections.

New photos of Taricha rivularis and Taricha torosa torosa (egg masses and newly hatched larva).

New photos of Salamandra luschani (= Mertensiella luschani).

New photos of Bufo biporcatus, Hyla punctata, Hyla nana, and Dermophis mexicanus.

New photos of Hynobius chinensis, Hynobius lichenatus, Hynobius nigrescens, Hynobius okiensis, Hynobius retardatus, and Hynobius tokyoensis.

New photos of Tylototriton verrucosus, Cynops ensicauda popei, and Cynops orientalis, and Cynops pyrrhogaster.

February 2004

New photos of Phyllobates lugubris, Dendrobates auratus, Colostethus nubicola, Bufo paracnemis, Bufo marinus, Agalychnis callidryas, and Hyla microcephala.

New photos of Melanophryniscus stelzneri.

New photos of Cynops pyrrhogaster, and Paramesotriton hongkongensis.

New photos of Tylototriton verrucosus, Paramesotriton chinensis, Paramesotriton caudopunctatus, Cynops orientalis, Cynops ensicauda popei, Pleurodeles waltl, Neurergus strauchii strauchii and Triturus marmoratus.

New photos of Bufo melanostictus, Pedostibes hosii, Phyllomedusa bicolor, Rhacophorus prominanus, Rhacophorus reinwardti, Rachophorus owstoni, Litoria caerulea, Pachymedusa dacnicolor, Triturus carnifex, and Triturus italicus.

New photos of Salamandra atra atra & Salamandra atra aurorae.

New photos of Amphiuma means, Notophthalmus viridescens (piaropicola), Siren intermedia, Triturus karelinii, Bufo pentoni, Bufo regularis, Ceratophrys cornuta, Ceratophrys cranwelli, Glyphoglossus molossus, Kassina maculata, Lepidobatrachus laevis, Leptopelis barbouri, Breviceps mossambicus, Megophrys montana, and Megophrys nausta

New photos of Hyla arborea, Discoglossus sardus, Chioglossa lusitanica, and Hynobius nebulosus.

New photos of Andrias davidianus, Dendrobates tinctorius ("Regina" & "Cayenne"), Phyllobates bicolor, Litoria caerulea, Hyperolius punciculatus, Hymenochirus boettgeri, and Xenopus laevis.

January 2004

New photos of Alytes obstetricans, Bombina pachypus, Bufo viridis, Hyla intermedia, and Rana cretensis

Updated Gymnophiona Database

New photos of Hyperolius argus, Hyperolius pusillus, Leptopelis vermiculatus, Leptopelis uluguruensis, and Ambystoma mexicanum

New photos of Bufo garmani, Bufo paracnemis, Bufo fenoulheti, Schismaderma carens, Hyperolius marmoratus, Breviceps adspersus, Phrynomantis bifasciatus, Amolops larutensis, Pyxicephalus edulis, and Tomopterna cryptotis

New photos of Tylototriton verrucosus, Tylototriton wenxianensis, Salamandra salamandra longirostris, Salamandra algira, Salamandra lanzai, Paramesotriton caudopunctatus, and Neurergus crocatus

New photos of Hydromantes strinatii.

New photos of Leptodactylus laticeps, Odontophrynus lavillai, Boophis microtympanum, Mantella betsielo, Mantella expectata, Mantella laevigata, Mantella madagascarensis, Mantella pulchra, Mantidactylus pulcher, Dyscophus guineti, Dyscophus insularis, Kaloula baleata, Plethodontohyla tuberata, Scaphiophryne calcarata, Scapiophryne pustulosa, Limnonectes kuhlii, Limnonectes microdiscus, Occidozyga lima, Pyxicephalus adspersus, Rana chalconota, Rana papua, Polypedates colletti, and Polypedates leucomystax.

New photos of Hyla geographica, Litoria rubella, Sphaeorhynchus lacteus, and Heterixalus rutenbergi

New photos of Leptophryne borbonica, Leptophryne cruentata, and Melanophryniscus stelzneri

December 2003

New photos of Ambystoma mexicanum, Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma mavortium, Ambystoma opacum, Notophthalmus viridescens, Eurycea wilderae, Eurycea cirrigera, Plethodon serratus, and Desmognathus fuscus.

New photos of Litoria caerulea, Litoria infrafrenata, Osteopilus septentrionalis, Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis, Triprion petasatus, Hyperolius semidiscus, Ceratophrys ornata, Mantella viridis, Brachytarsophrys carinensis, Leptobrachium hendricksoni, Megophrys montana, Megophrys nasuta, Vibrissaphora leishanensis, Dermotonotus mulleri, Dyscophus antongili, Gastrophryne carolinensis, Scaphiophryne pustulosa, and Rana esculenta.

New photos of Discoglossus pictus, Hyla albopunctata, Hyla calcarata, Hyla chrysoscelis, Hyla leucophyllata, Hyla loquax, Hyla squirella, and Hyla versicolor.

New photos of Bufo alvarius, Bufo cognatus, Bufo americanus, Bufo marinus, Bufo torrenticola, and Bufo viridis.

New photos of Plethodon larselli, P. stormi, P. vandykei, P. dunni, P. enlongatus, P. vehiculum, and P. idahoensis.

New photos of Dicamptodon ensatus, Dicamptodon tenebrosus, Dicamptodon aterrimus, Rhyacotriton kezeri, and Rhyacotriton variegatus.

New photos of Hynobius nigrescens and Hynobius takedaei.

New photos of Bufo granulosus, Bufo japonicus, Bufo cognatus, Bufo nebulifer, and Bufo paracnemis.

Added a photo of Potomotyphlus kaupii.

Added a short article on Telmatobius culeus, the Lake Titicaca Frog.

Added new range maps for all Batrachoseps species, except B. wrightorum (wrighti).

Added a data sheet on Tarichids (genus Taricha), which includes range maps, species photos, and habitat photos.

Added several new photos to the Wild & Captive Habitats section.

New photos of Taricha granulosa, T. rivularis, and T. torosa.

New photos of several Batrachoseps species, completing the photo index for that genus.

New photos of Cynops orientalis, Paramesotriton chinensis, Pleurodeles waltl, Cynops ensicauda, Pachyhynobius shangchengensis, Pachytriton brevipes, and Pachytriton spp.

New photos of Desmognathus auriculatus, Phaeognathus hubrichti, Eurycea quadridgitata, Haideotriton wallacei, Necturus beyeri, Typhlotriton spelaeus, and Batrachoseps attenuatus

Updated the Biology and Physiology section, but still under construction. 

New photos of Onychodactylus japonicus, the Japanese Clawed Salamander.  

New photos of Salamandra salamandra, including the subspecies terrestris, bernardezi, fastuosa, and morenica

New photos of Mertensiella caucasica, the Caucasian Salamander.

November 2003

Updated the Tylototriton shanjing entry. 

Added photos to the Habitats Gallery

Updated Anura Family Tree, included the addition of the new family Nasikabatrachidae

October 2003

Added more photos of Tylototriton verrucosus (light and dark forms). 

Added new photos of juvenile Cynops pyrrhogaster, Japanese Fire Belly Newt. 

Added new photo of Tylototriton verrucosus (light colored form). 

Updated article 0012 - Introduction to Systematics and Taxonomy.

Added photos of Paramesotriton chinensis, Chinese Warty Newt.

September 2003

Added a section on Caudate Families, that includes some fossil information, geological time scale, and defining characteristics of each family.

August 2003

Added a link to Terra5Designs.  

Added photos of Scinax boulengeri, taken by Matt Williams, courtesy of Carlos César Martínez Rivera, ccmwvf@mizzou.edu

Added photos of Rana vaillanti, taken by Ruth Percino Daniel, rpercino@siu.buap.mx, courtesy of Carlos César Martínez Rivera, ccmwvf@mizzou.edu

Added photos of Agalychnis callidryas, contributed by Carlos César Martínez Rivera, ccmwvf@mizzou.edu.

Added new care sheet for Agalychnis callidryas, the Red-Eyed Treefrog.

July 2003

Added new photos of Ambystoma mexicanum, Triturus marmoratus, and