Welcome to the North American Amphibian
Monitoring Program (NAAMP) website. The NAAMP is a collaborative effort
among regional partners, such as state natural resource agencies and nonprofit
organizations, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to monitor populations
of vocal amphibians. The USGS provides central coordination and database
management. The regional partners recruit and train volunteer observers,
like you, to collect amphibian population data, following the protocol
of the NAAMP.
Amphibian population data are collected using a calling survey technique,
in which observers identify local amphibian species by their unique
vocalizations. Not all amphibian species make vocalizations, but many
frogs and toads do. Observers are trained to identify their local species
by these unique vocalizations or "frog calls."
The Volunteer! link will
tell you more about what it is like to be a volunteer observer and how
to contact your Regional Coordinator.
The Protocol link describes
in more detail how the NAAMP calling survey data are collected.
The Data Access link is a
portal to the database, where data for the NAAMP calling survey can
be entered and stored.
The Other Info link is a listing
of other amphibian-related websites, including other volunteer opportunities,
education and conservation websites, and other USGS amphibian websites.
The Frog Call Quiz is a training and testing tool for
learning to identify frogs by their unique breeding vocalizations for the eastern
and central United States.