Acknowledgement here does not necessarily denote the agreement or acceptance of the contents of the online catalog by contributors. Nevertheless, their help with this project is deeply appreciated and has improved the quality of the information immeasurably.
Version 5.1 (2007). Erik Åhlander, Ronald Botterweg, Mark Breedlove, Alan Channing, Michael Cunningham, Dario E. Cardozo, Sergio Potsch de Carvalho e Silva, Maureen Donnelly, Julian Faivovich, Steve W. Gotte, Taran Grant, Dawn Skala, Miguel Vences.
Version 5 (2007). Kraig Adler, Erik Åhlander, Manfred Beier, Ronald Botterweg, Mark Breedlove, Alan Channing, Ignacio De la Riva, Sushil Dutta, Julian Faivovich, Frank Glaw, Julian Faivovich, Scott Federhen, Fei Liang, Itzchak Gilboa, Frank Glaw, Taran Grant, Paul David A. Gutiérrez-C., Ryan P. O'Donnell, José M. Padial, Stephen P. Rogers, Dawn Skala, Bryan Stuart, Cristian Tomatis, Miguel Vences, David B. Wake, Zhao Ermi.
Version 4 (2006). César Aguilar Puntriano, Ghazi S.M. Asmat, Barry Baker, Raoul Bain, César Luis Barrio-Amorós, John Bird, David Blackburn, Mark Breedlove, Jonathan A. Campbell, Sergio Potsch de Carvalho e Silva, Alan Channing, Joseph T. Collins, Pierre-André Crochet, Ronald I. Crombie, Maureen A. Donnelly, Julian Faivovich, Scott Federhen, Fei Liang, Mario García-París, Itzchak Gilboa, Frank Glaw, Taran Grant, Juan Manuel Guayasamin, Paul David A. Gutierrez-C., W. Ronald Heyer, Savitha N. Krishna, Sergius Kuzmin, Edgar Lehr, Joanna Mazgajska, Roy W. McDiarmid, Danny Meirte, Robert Murphy, Charles W. Myers, Annemarie Ohler, Helio da Silva, Dawn Skala, Frederick B. Swengel, Michael Veith, Miguel Vences, David B. Wake, Zhao Ermi.
Version 3 (2004). Kraig Adler, César Aguilar Puntriano, Erik Ahlander, Margaret Arnold, Raoul Bain, César Luis Barrio-Amorós, Aaron Bauer, Manfred Beier, John Bird, David Blackburn, Sergé Bogaerts, Jeff Boundy, Ronald Brandon, Reuber A. Brandão, Mark Breedlove, Janalee P. Caldwell, Jonathan A. Campbell, Fernando Castro, Nick Clemann, Alan Channing, Pierre-André Crochet, Ronald I. Crombie, Ignacio J. De la Riva, Ismael E. di Tada, Maureen A. Donnelly, William E. Duellman, Julian Faivovich, Scott Federhen, Fei Liang, Linda S. Ford, Querube Fuenmayor, Mario García-París, Itzchak Gilboa, Frank Glaw, Taran Grant, Juan Manuel Guayasamin, W. Ronald Heyer, Daniel Hofer, Marinus S. Hoogmoed, Jörn Köhler, Sergius L. Kuzmin, Enrique La Marca, Michael J. Lannoo, Rodrigo Lingnau, Masafumi Matsui, Roy W. McDiarmid, Marcelo Menin, Julio Cesar de Moura-Leite, Robert Murphy, Charles W. Myers, David Nicolson, Annemarie Ohler, Hidetoshi Ota, Alan P. Peterson, Robert Rolan, Alfredo Salvador, Christina Saylor, Greg Schneider, Helio da Silva, Jeroen Speybroeck, Simon N. Stuart, Fred Swengel, Luís Felipe de Toledo, Monique Van Sluys, Miguel Vences, David B. Wake, Urs Wüest, Xie Feng, Zhao Ermi.
Version 2 (2002). Kraig Adler, Margaret Arnold, Raoul Bain. Janalee P. Caldwell, Jonathan A. Campbell, David C. Cannatella, Joseph T. Collins, Alan Channing, Luis Coloma, Ronald I. Crombie, Indraneil Das, Maureen A. Donnelly, William E. Duellman, Julian Faivovich, Scott Federhen, Fei Liang, Linda S. Ford, Mario García-París, Erik Gergus, Itzchak Gilboa, Anna M. Goebel, Steve W. Gotte, Taran Grant, Laura Hammond, Ian Harrison, W. Ronald Heyer, Marinus S. Hoogmoed, Robert F. Inger, Jay King, David Kizirian, Jörn Köhler, Enrique La Marca, José A. Langone, Benedetto Lanza, Amy Lathrop, Esteban O. Lavilla, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Li Cheng, Raul Maneyro, Masafumi Matsui, Roy W. McDiarmid, Robert J. Meese, Victor R. Morales, Charles W. Myers, David Nicolson, Annemarie Ohler, Jean-Luc Perret, Alan P. Peterson, José Pombal, Jr., Jennifer B. Pramuk, David Paul Reddy, Alan Resetar, Arne Schiøtz, Norman Scott, Helio da Silva, Jeet Sukumaran, Stephen Tilley, T'Shaka Touré, Thomas J. Trombone, David B. Wake, Addison Wynn, George Zug.
Names, address, and contributions:
To use email addresses, replace the "AT" part of the address with "@".
Kraig Adler
Contribution: consultation on Chinese and antiquarian literature (vers. 2.21-5).
Address: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. email address: kka4 AT cornell.edu
César Aguilar Puntriano
Contribution: error correction for Telmatobiinae (Leptodactylidae) record and Peruvian species list (vers. 3.0-4.0).
Address: Departamento de Herpetología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Apdo 14-0434, Lima 14, Peru. email address: caguilarp AThotmail.com
Erik Åhlander
Contribution: information on various types in the NHRM (vers. 3.0-1, 5.1).
Address: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet), Section for Vertebrate Zoology, (Frescativagen 48) P.O. Box 50007; S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. email address: erik.ahlander ATnrm.se
Margaret Arnold
Contribution: error corrections and library support (vers. 2.0-3.0).
Address: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA. email address: marnold AT amnh.org
Ghazi S.M. Asmat
Contribution: corrections in species list for Bangladesh (vers. 4.0).
Address: Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh. ghmat53 AT yahoo.com
Barry Baker
Contribution: notification of various new literature (vers. 4.0)
Address: Morphology Section, U.S. National Fish & Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, 1490 East Main Street, Ashland, Oregon 97520-1310, USA. Barry_Baker AT fws.gov
Raoul Bain
Contribution: review and error corrections for Indochinese species (vers. 2.1-4.0).
Address: Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA. email address: bain AT amnh.org
César Luis Barrio-Amorós
Contribution: review of Venezuelan species and many corrections of relevant literature and distributions (vers. 3.0-4.0).
Address: Fundación AndígenA, Apartado Postal 210, Mérida 5101-A, Estado Mérida, Venezuela. email address: cesarlba ATyahoo.com
Aaron Bauer
Contribution: consultation on old literature (vers. 2.21-3.0).
Address: Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA. email address: aaron.bauer AT villanova.edu
Manfred Beier
Contribution: publication date correction (vers. 3.0) and several corrections and augmentation to comments in Pipidae (vers. 5.0).
Address: Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Institut für Humangenetik und Anthropologie, Universitätsstraße 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. email address: beierm AT uni-duesseldorf.de
John Bird
Contribution: notes regarded errors in Petropedetidae and Microhylidae (vers. 2.21) and corrections for Litoria (vers. 3.0-4.0).
Address: 7 Scotney Court, Oakden, South Australia, 5086, Australia. email address: birdjlAT iprimus.com.au
David Blackburn
Contibution: corrections regarding West African amphibians (vers. 3.0-4.0).
Address: Department of Herpetology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. email: dblackb AT fas.harvard.edu
Sergé Bogaerts
Contribution: Alerts to taxonomic changes in Palearctic salamanders (vers. 3.0).
Address: Honigbijenhof 3, NL-6533 RW Nijmegen, The Netherlands. email: bogaerts AT hetnet.nl
Ronald Botterweg
Contribution: provided Excel spreadsheet comparisons of the ASW and AmphibiaWeb taxonomic databases originally provided to AmphibiaWeb (vers. 5.0-1).
Address: Capgemeni, Utrecht, The Netherlands. email address: ronald.botterweg@capgemini.com
Jeff Boundy
Contribution: review and correction within Bufonidae (vers. 3.0).
Address: Fur and Refuge Division, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, P.O. Box 98,000, Baton Rouge, LA 70898 USA. email address: Boundy_JJ AT wlf.state.la.us
Ronald Brandon
Contribution: discussions and help with Siren systematics and literature (vers. 3.0).
Addres: Department of Biology, Southern Illinois Univesity, Carbondale, Illinois. email address: brandon AT zoology.siu.edu
Reuber A. Brandão
Contribution: Corrections for some distributions in Brazil (vers. 3.0).
Address: Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília, CEP 70 910-900, BrasíliaDF, Brazil. email address: reuberbrandao AT yahoo.com.br
Mark Breedlove
Contribution: new (vers. 3.0) interface, concatenation software, and MYSQL database (vers. 3.0-4.0).
Address: Informatics and Visualization Group, Library, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. markb AT amnh.org.
Janalee P. Caldwell
Contribution: error correction in bufonid and dendrobatid sections (vers. 2.20-3.0).
Address: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73072-7029, USA. email address: caldwell AT ou.edu
Jonathan A. Campbell
Contribution: literature updates for Central America and Mexico (vers. 2.1-4.0).
Address: Department Of Biology, University Of Texas, UTA Box 19498, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA. campbell AT uta.edu
David C. Cannatella
Contribution: help with nomenclatural and linguistic issues regarding gender of Scinax (vers. 2.1).
Address: Texas Memorial Museum and Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712-1064, USA. email address: catfish AT mail.utexas.edu
Dario E. Cardozo
Contribution: correction of Pleurodema ranges in Argentina and Chile, as well as that of Leiuperidae.
Address: Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Avenida Bolivia Nº 5150, CP: 4400, Salta, Argentina. email address: dcardozo AT unsa.edu.ar
Sergio Potsch de Carvalho e Silva
Contribution: Corrections of some Brazilian distributions (vers. 4.0) and type localities of Brazilian Scinax (vers. 5.1).
Address: Depto de Zoologia - IB- UFRJ, CP 68.044 - CEP 21.944-970, Brazil. Sergio AT biologia.ufrj.br
Fernando Castro
Contribution: citation corrections for some Colombian Eleutherodactylus (vers. 3.0).
Address: Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. email address: fcastro1 AT biologos.univalle.edu.co
Alan Channing
Contribution: extensive updates and corrections for southern, central, and eastern African species and access to relevant literature (vers. 2.0-5).
Address: Department of Zoology, University of the Western Cape, Post Bag X17, Bellville, 7535 Rep. South Africa. email address: froggie AT mweb.co.za
Nick Clemann
Contribution: additions to common names in Australia (vers. 3.0).
Address: Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Sustainability and Environment, PO Box 137, 123 Brown Street, Heidelberg, Victoria. 3084 Australia. email address: nick.clemann@nre.vic.gov.au
Joseph T. Collins
Contribution: updates for North American species and other relevant literature (vers. 2.0, 4.0).
Address: Foundation for North American Herpetology, 1502 Medinah Circle, Lawrence, Kansas 66046, USA. email address: jcollins AT naherpetology.org
Luis Coloma
Contribution: revisions and updates for parts of Dendrobatidae and revisions of Ecuadorian distributions (vers. 2.1).
Address: Museo de Zoología, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador. email address: coloma ATpuceuio.puce.edu.ec
Pierre-André Crochet
Contribution: corrections to Speleomantes, Discoglossus, and Rana (vers. 3.0); corrections in country lists for Europe and North Africa (vers. 4.0).
Address: CEFE-CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France. email address: crochet AT cefe.cnrs-mop.fr
Ronald I. Crombie
Contribution: literature updates and help in apprehending hard-to-find papers (vers. 2.21-4.0).
Address: Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118, USA. (formerly Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA). Email address: rcrombie AT calacademy.org
Michael Cunningham
Contribution: correction of range of Poyntonophrynus vertebralis (vers. 5.1).
Address: University of the Free State, Qwaqwa, Private Bag X13, Phuthaditjhaba 9866, Rep. South Africa. email address: CunninghamMJ AT qwa.uovs.ac.za
Indraneil Das
Contribution: updates for many Asian species and access to Asian literature (vers. 2.1-2.2).
Address: Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Mamallapuram, Post Bag 4, Tamil Nadu 603 104, India. email address: idas AT mailhost.unimas.my
Ignacio J. De la Riva
Contribution: literature updates and correction regarding type localities in West Africa and review of Telmatobius section (vers. 3.0, 5.0).
Address: Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, C/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. email address: delariva AT mncn.csic.es
Ismael E. di Tada
Contribution: error correction for Bufo schneideri (vers. 3.0).
Address: Ecologia, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Rio Cuarto, 5800Cordoba, Argentina. email address: iditada AT exa.unrc.edu.ar
Maureen A. Donnelly
Contribution: literature updates (vers. 2.1-5.1).
Address: Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st St., North Miami, FL 33181-3000, USA. email address: Maureen.Donnelly AT fiu.edu
William E. Duellman
Contribution: consultation on hylid systematics and nomenclature (vers. 2.21-3.0).
Address: Division of Herpetology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7561, USA. email address: duellman AT ku.edu
Sushil K. Dutta
Contribution: consultation on rhacophorid systematics (vers. 5.0).
Address: Department of Zoology, North Orissa University, Sriram Chandra Vihar, Takatpur, Baripada 757003, Orissa, India. email address: sk_dutta@yahoo.com.
Julian Faivovich
Contribution: corrections for Hylinae (Hylidae) and all Argentinian species (vers. 2.1-4.0).
Address: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA. email address: julian AT amnh.org
Scott Federhen
Contribution: aid in outlinking Amphibian Species of the World to GenBank (vers. 2.20-4.0).
Address: National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894. email address: federhen AT ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fei Liang
Contribution: help with access to Chinese amphibian literature (vers. 2.1-5.0).
Address: Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Academia Sinica, PO Box 416, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China.
Linda S. Ford
Contribution: HTML support and many corrections and additions (vers. 2.0-3.0).
Address: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. email: lford AT fas.harvard.edu
Querube Fuenmayor
Contribution: corrections for Panamanian taxa (vers. 3.0).
Address: ANCON (Asociación Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza), Apdo. 1387, Panama 1, República de Panama. email address: qfuenmayor AT ancon.org
Mario García-París
Contribution: help with Discoglossus and the Pseudacris regilla complex nomenclature (vers. 3.0-4.0).
Address: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, c/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. mcnp505 AT mncn.csic.es
Erik Gergus
Contribution: information on Hyla wrightorum and members of the Anaxyrus americanus complex (vers. 2.20).
Address: Department of Biology, Glendale Community College, 6000 W. Olive Ave., Glendale, Arizona, USA. email address: erik.gergus AT gcmail.maricopa.edu
Itzchak Gilboa
Contribution: literature additions and corrections (vers. 2.1-5).
Address: Associate, Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA. email address: gilboa ATamnh.org
Frank Glaw
Contribution: literature updates (vers. 2.21); corrections for Madagascan species (vers. 3.0).
Address: Sektion Herpetologie, Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München, Germany. email address: Frank.Glaw AT zsm.mwn.de
Anna M. Goebel
Contribution: corrections on Anaxyrus boreas taxonomy (vers. 2.21).
Address: Department of EPO Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0334, USA. email address: goebel AT spot.colorado.edu
Steve W. Gotte
Contribution: corrections regarding types in the United States National Museum of Natural History (USNM) (vers. 2.1, 6).
Address: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. email address: Gotte.Steve AT nmnh.si.edu
Taran Grant
Contribution: review of Colombian species and updates of dendrobatid and centrolenid literature (vers. 2.1-4.0).
Address: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA. email address: grant AT amnh.org
Juan Manuel Guayasamin
Contribution: corrections to records of various frog species from Colombia and Ecuador (vers. 3.0-4.0).
Address: Division of Herpetology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7651, USA. email address: juanm AT mail.ukans.edu
Paul David A. Gutierrez-C.
Contribution: corrections to Colombia records (vers. 4.0-5).
Address: Instituto de Biologia, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. email address: pdgutierrez2 AT yahoo.com
Laura Hammond
Contribution: error correction and extensive library support (vers. 2.1-2.21).
Address: Office of the Associate Dean of Science, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA. [Current address in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]
Ian Harrison
Contribution: error correction and help with GenBank linkout (vers. 2.20-2.21).
Address: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Ichthyology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024. email address: harrison AT amnh.org
W. Ronald Heyer
Contribution: consultation regarding Leptodactylus and hyloid taxonomy and literature (vers. 2.1-4.0).
Address: Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. email address: Heyer.Ron ATNMNH.SI.EDU
Daniel Hofer
Contribution: corrections to Swiss distributions (vers. 3.0).
Address: Holenackerstrasse 65/C17, CH-3027 Bern, Switzerland. email address: caeciliaAT swissonline.ch
Marinus S. Hoogmoed
Contribution: corrections to synonymies of members of the Rhinella margaritifera complex in particular, and Bufo (sensu lato), more generally (vers. 2.21-3.0).
Address: Reptiles and Amphibians, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. email address: Hoogmoed AT naturalis.nnm.nl
Robert F. Inger
Contribution: review and correction of early versions of Bufonidae, Ranidae, Rhacophoridae, and Megophryidae (vers. 2.0-2.20).
Address: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA. email address: ringer AT fieldmuseum.org
Jay King
Contribution: literature citation corrections (vers. 2.21).
Address: 4527 Magnolia, St. Louis, MO 63110. email address: Jay AT lmarz.com
David Kizirian
Contribution: partial review of Rhacophoridae (vers. 2.1).
Address: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. email address: dkizirian AT amnh.org
Jörn Köhler
Contribution: discussions of nomenclatural issues regarding Scinax (vers. 2.21) and literature corrections regarding Bolivian species (vers. 3.0).
Address: Sektion Herpetologie, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Adenaueralle 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany. email address: jkoehlerAT mailin.uni-bonn.de
Savitha N. Krishna
Contribution: correction of Bufo parietalis range (vers. 4.0).
Address: Department of Biosciences, Hemagangothri, University of Mysore at Hassan, Hassan 573220, Karnataka, India. amail address: savithakn AT hotmail com
Sergius L. Kuzmin
Contribution: review and correction of accounts of Russian species (vers. 3.0-4.0).
Address: Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect, 33, Moscow 119071, Russia. email address: slksu AT orc.ru.
Enrique La Marca
Contribution: help with literature access regarding Venezuelan species (vers. 2.21-3.0).
Address: Laboratorio de Biogeografía, Facultad de Geografía, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. email address: lamarca1 AT telcel.net.ve
José A. Langone
Contribution: updates and corrections regarding Uruguayan species accounts (vers. 2.1).
Addres: Departamento de Herpetología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, CC 399, 11.000 Montevideo, Uruguay. email address: pplangone AT usa.net
Michael J. Lannoo
Contribution: help with North American amphibian distributions and Siren systematics (vers. 3.0).
Address: Muncie Center for Medical Education, Indiana University School of Medicine, MT201, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306, USA. email address: mlannoo AT bsu.edu
Benedetto Lanza
Contribution: help with Bombina systematics (vers. 2.21).
Address: Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia "La Specola", via Romana, 17, I-50125 Firenze, Italy. email address: benedetto.lanza AT tin.it
Amy Lathrop
Contribution: updates on megophryid taxononomy and systematics (vers. 2.1-2.21).
Address: Center for Biodiversity and Conservation/Department of Herpetology, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada. email address: amyl AT rom.on.ca
Esteban O. Lavilla
Contribution: extensive review and correction of sections of former Leptodactylidae (vers. 2.21).
Address: Instituto Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 205, Tucumán 4000, Argentina. email address: lavilla AT tucbbs.com.ar
Edgar Lehr
Contribution: correction of museum acronym and address and review of Telmatobius section (vers. 4.0-5).
Address: Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Tierkunde, Königsbrücker Landstr. 159, D-01109 Dresden, Germany. email address: edgar.lehr AT snsd.smwk.sachsen.de
Emily Moriarty Lemmon
Contribution: corrections in Pseudacris (vers. 2.21).
Address: Section of Integrative Biology and Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1064, USA. email address: chorusfrog AT mail.utexas.edu
Li Cheng
Contribution: literature updates for Chinese species (vers. 2.1).
Address: Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Academia Sinica, PO Box 416, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China.
Rodrigo Lingnau
Contribution: distributional updates for Brazilian frogs (vers. 3.0).
Address: Departamento de Biologia Geral/ICB/UFG, caixa postal 131, 74001-970, Goiânia, GO, Brazil. email address: lingnau ATsuperig.com.br
Stefan Lötters
Contribution: access to recent literature (vers. 4.0-5).
Address: Mainz University, Institute of Zoology, Saarstrasse 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany. email address: loetters AT uni-mainz.de
Raul Maneyro
Contribution: range revisions and corrections of Uruguayan species (vers. 2.1).
Address: Seccion Zoología Vertebrados de la Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay. email address: rmaneyro AT fcien.edu.uy
Masafumi Matsui
Contributed: literature updates on megophryids and Bufo kangi (vers. 2.20, 3.0).
Address: Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. email address: fumi AT zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Joanna Mazgajska
Contributed: range correction for Lissotriton helveticus (vers. 4.0).
Address: Warsaw, Poland. email address: j.mazgajska AT fotografie.waw.pl
Roy W. McDiarmid
Contribution: general updates and frequent discussions on nomenclature and systematics (vers. 2.0-4.0).
Address: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. email address: McDiarmid.Roy AT SI.EDU
Robert J. Meese
Contribution: coordination with the Man and Biosphere (MAB) Species Databases (vers. 2.1).
Address: Information Center for the Environment, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616. email address: rjmeese AT ucdavis.edu
Marcelo Menin
Contribution: literature updates for Brazilian range extensions (vers. 3.0).
Address: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, 69011-970 Manaus - AM, Brazil. email address: menin AT inpa.gov.br
Danny Meirte
Contribution: Help with literature regarding Ptychadena boettgeri (vers. 4.0).
Address: Royal Museum for Central Africa, Department of African Zoology, Vertebrate Section, Leuvensesteenweb 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. email address: danny.meirte AT africamuseum.be
Victor R. Morales
Contribution: literature updates regarding Dendrobatidae (vers. 2.21).
Address: Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2258, USA. email address: vrm2111 AT labs.tamu.edu
Julio Cesar de Moura-Leite
Contribution: miscellaneous corrections (vers. 3.0).
Address: Museu de Historia Natural Capao da Imbuia, Rua Prof. Benedito Conceicao 407, 82810-080 Curitiba, Parana, Brasil. email address: mleit AT uol.com.br
Robert Murphy
Contribution: providing considerable access to Chinese literature (vers. 3.0-4.0).
Addres: Center for Biodiversity and Conservation/Department of Herpetology, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada. email address: drbob AT rom.on.ca
Charles W. Myers
Contribution: access to and consultation regarding older literature (vers. 2.21-4.0).
Addres: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. email address: myers AT amnh.org
David Nicolson
Contribution: coordination with Integrated Taxonomic Information System (vers. 2.20-3.0).
Address: Integrated Taxonomic Information System, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NHB, CE-117, MRC 180, Washington, DC 20013-7012. email address: Nicolson.David AT NMNH.SI.EDU
Ryan P. O'Donnell
Contribution: correction to the distribution statement of Rana cascadae (vers. 5.0).
Address: Department of Biology and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84321. email address: ryan AT biology.usu.edu
Annemarie Ohler
Contribution: corrections to various dicroglossid, ranid, and Mantidactylus accounts (vers. 2.21-4.0).
Address: Laboratoire des Reptiles et Amphibiens, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 25 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. email address: ohler AT cimrs1.mnhn.fr
Hidetoshi Ota
Contribution: help with Japanese literature (vers. 3.0).
Address: Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa, 903-0213 Japan. email address: ota AT sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
Jose M. Padial
Contribution: corrections to Eleutherodactylus (vers. 5.0).
Address: Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, C/Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. jmpadial AT yahoo.com
Jean-Luc Perret
Contribution: corrections for Petropedetidae synonymies (vers. 2.0).
Address: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Route de Malagnou, Case Postale 434, 1211 Geneve 6, Switzerland.
Alan P. Peterson
Contribution: extensive error correction and improved bibliographic consistency (vers. 2.20-3.0).
Address: POB 1999, Walla Walla, WA 99362, USA. email address: alanpp AT bmi.net
José Pombal, Jr.
Contribution: reviewed Brazilian Hylidae and former Leptodactylidae (vers. 2.0-2.1).
Address: Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. email address: pombal ATacd.ufrj.br
Jennifer B. Pramuk
Contribution: corrections in Bufonidae (vers. 2.21).
Address: Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo UT 84602. email address: pramuk AT byu.edu
David Paul Reddy
Contribution: the original SQL database, concatenation software, and user interface (vers. 2.0-2.21).
Address: Radio-Logic Inc., PO Box 9665, New Haven, CT 06536, USA. email address: reddyAT radio-logic.com
Alan Resetar
Contribution: corrections regarding FMNH types and Asian species (vers. 2.20).
Address: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA. email address: aresetarAT fieldmuseum.org
Stephen P. Rogers
Contribution: correction of the catalogue number of the type of Rana philippinensis (vers. 5.0).
Address: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. email address: RogersS@CarnegieMNH.org
Robert Rolan
Contribution: correction of Cynops ensicauda statement of distribution (vers. 3.0).
Address: Willoughby Hills, Ohio, USA. email address: brolan AT pop.raex.com
Alfredo Salvador
Contribution: correction of MNCN address (vers. 3.0).
Address: Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. email address: mcnas500 AT mncn.csic.es
Christina Saylor
Contribution: extensive error correction and library support (vers. 3.0).
Address: Office of the Associate Dean of Science, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA.
Arne Schiøtz
Contribution: corrections for, and review of, Hyperoliidae and Chiromantis (Rhacophoridae) (vers. 2.1).
Address: Humlehaven 2, Atterup, Grevinge, DK-4571 Denmark.
Greg Schneider
Contribution: correction of type locality of Amolops nepalicus (Ranidae) (vers. 3.0).
Address: Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079, USA. email address: ges ATumich.edu
Norman Scott
Contribution: corrections regarding Paraguayan species (vers. 2.21)
Address: 3655 Lindquist Lane, P.O. Box 307, Creston, California 93432. USA. email address: reptile AT tcsn.net
Helio da Silva
Contribution: updates for Brazilian Hylidae and literature updates (vers. 2.1-4.0).
Address: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, DBA, CEP 23890-000, Seropedica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. email address: helio AT ufrrj.br
Dawn Skala
Contribution: library support (vers. 4.0-5.0).
Address: Office of the Associate Dean of Science for Collections, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024. email: skala AT amnh.org
Jeroen Speybroeck
Contribution: corrections for distributions in Belgium and Corsica (vers. 3.0).
Address: Ghent University, Science Faculty, Biology Department - Marine Biology Section, Krijgslaan 281 - S8 B-9000 Gent, Belgium. email address: Jeroen.Speybroeck AT UGent.be
Bryan L. Stuart
Contribution: corrections in Laos records (vers. 5.0).
Address: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA. email address: bstuart AT fieldmuseum.org
Simon N. Stuart
Contribution: corrections in Bufo (sensu lato; Bufonidae), Ptychadena (Ptychadenidae) and Hemisus (Hemisotidae) (vers. 3.0).
Address: Conservation International, 1919 M Street NW, Suite 600, Washington DC 20036, USA. email address: s.stuart ATconservation.org
Jeet Sukumaran
Contribution: links to "Frogs of the Malay Peninsula" http://frogweb.org/(vers. 2.21).
Address: Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045. email address: jeetsukumaran AT frogweb.org
Frederick B. Swengel
Contribution: correction of type localities for Phrynobatrachus elberti, P. nanus, and P. pygmaeus (vers. 4.0).
Address: 425 South Warwick Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105, USA. Email address: fbswengel AT yahoo.com
Stephen Tilley
Contribution: help with Desmognathus systematics and nomenclature (vers. 2.20).
Address: Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Science Center, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts 01063, USA. email address: stilley ATemail.smith.edu
Luís Felipe de Toledo
Contribution: Literature update (vers. 3.0).
Address: Laboratory of Herpetology, Department of Zoology, Unesp - Rio Claro, SPBrazilcp. 199, cep 13506-000. email address: toledolf AT hotmail.com
Cristian Tomatis
Contribution: correction to Physalaemus albifrons record (vers. 5.0).
Address: Facultad de Ciencias Exactas de Misiones, Argentina. email address: cgtomatis AT gmail.com
T'Shaka Touré
Contribution: general updates and access to literature (vers. 2.0-2.1).
Address: Western Ecological Research Center , San Diego Field Station, Irvine Office, 2883 Irvine Blvd, Irvine, CA 92602, USA. email address: ttoure AT usgs.gov [formerly Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA.]
Thomas J. Trombone
Contribution: error correction (vers. 2.0-2.20).
Address: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Ornithology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA. email address: trombone AT amnh.org
Monique Van Sluys
Contribution: correction of distribution for some Brazilian species (vers. 3.0).
Address: Ecologia, IBRAG, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. email address: vansluys AT uerj.br
Michael Veith
Contribution: review of Lyciasalamandra and Mertensiella sections (vers. 4.0).
Address: Institüt fur Zoologie, Universität Mainz, Saarstrasse 21, D-55099 Mainz, Germany. Email: mveith AT univ-mainz.de
Miguel Vences
Contribution: nomenclatural help with Discoglossus nomenclature and access to literature (vers. 3.0-5.0)
Address: Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 8, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. email address: m.vences AT tu-bs.de
David B. Wake
Contribution: corrections to parts of the Caudata section and miscellaneous corrections in other sections as well (vers. 2.0-5).
Address: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. email address: wakelab ATuclink.berkeley.edu
Urs Wüest
Contribution: correction of some NHMB type designation (vers. 3.0).
Address: Sammlungsverwalter (Zoologie), Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland. email address: Urs.Wueest@bs.ch
Addison Wynn
Contribution: a partial review of North American Plethodontidae (vers. 2.1-2.20).
Address: Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. email address: Addison.Wynn ATnmnh.si.edu
Xie Feng
Contribution: help on translation of Protohynobius puxiongensis description and discussion of megophryid systematics (vers. 3.0).
Address: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science. No. 9, 4th Block, Renminnan Road, Chengdu 610041, China.
Zhao Ermi
Contribution: help in accessing Chinese literature (vers. 3.0).
Address: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science. No. 9, 4th Block, Renminnan Road, Chengdu 610041, China. email address: zhaoermi AT cib.ac.cn
George Zug
Contribution: literature updates on Southeast Asia (vers.2.21).
Address: Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. email address: Zug.George ATnmnh.si.edu
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