Taxonomic Sources

The following online sources are used for verifying scientific names on incoming photos, and for adding additional information to photos such as common names and lifeform.

AmphibiaWeb (amphibian species)

IndexFungorum (fungi)

FishBase (fish species worldwide)

ITIS (plants and animals)

MykoWeb (San Francisco Bay Area fungi)

Links to Species Information from Individual Photos

Photos in CalPhotos link to these web-based databases in order to provide additional information to users about the plant or animal in the photo.

AmphibiaWeb

IndexFungorum (fungi)

FishBase

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

USDA Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Mammal Species of the World

MykoWeb

University of California Museum of Paleontology

University and Jepson Herbaria

Reference Support

These sources provide CalPhotos with technical advice, design suggestions, user interface testing, and reply to users' questions.

California Academy of Sciences reference librarians

Berkeley Natural History Museums

AmphibiaWeb

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

University of California Museum of Paleontology

CalPhotos Contributing Photographers