Robert Sprackland's Herpetology World

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AmphibiaWeb is an online system that provides access to information on amphibian declines, conservation, natural history, and taxonomy.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species�?� is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species. The goal of the IUCN is to provide information and analyses on the status, trends and threats to species in order to inform and catalyse action for biodiversity conservation.

Darren Naish is a science writer, technical editor and palaeozoologist (affiliated with the University of Southampton, UK). He mostly works on Cretaceous dinosaurs and pterosaurs but has an avid interest in all things tetrapod. He has been blogging at Tetrapod Zoology since 2006.

There are over 9,000 recognized species of reptile in the world. Many are extremely poorly known and many more are threatened with extinction. The Global Reptile BioBlitz is the sister effort to the Global Amphibian BioBlitz and aims to collect amateur observations of every species of reptile. Together, we can map where these incredible creatures persist and insure their conservation into the future.

Imagine an advanced institute for species exploration. Scientists and engineers work together to combine the strengths of 250 years of experience doing taxonomy well with emerging cyber-infrastructure capabilities to invent a new generation of tools for 21st century taxonomy. Impediments of the past are identified and overcome. Leading minds from around the world converge to solve theoretical, philosophical, historical, sociological, technological and practical challenges. International museum and herbarium partners coordinate collection growth and development to maximize species representation. International teams of taxon scholars tackle species exploration on a planetary scale. Formal and public education programs inspire and prepare the next generation of species explorers. Imagine�?� an International Institute for Species Exploration.