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North American
Amphibian Monitoring Program
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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.
