USGS PWRC - North American Amphibian Atlas

Derek Masaki1, Elizabeth Sellers1

1 United States Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 302, 20192, Reston, United States

Corresponding author(s): Derek Masaki (dmasaki@usgs.gov), Elizabeth Sellers (esellers@usgs.gov)

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Abstract

The North American Amphibian Atlas is hosted and maintained by the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center of the United States Geological Survey. The dataset illustrates species distribution maps for all U.S. amphibian species. Most data associated with the Atlas are at the county level.

Keywords: Metadata, amphibians, frogs, toads, salamanders, amphibiotic species, 

Project details

Project title: USGS PWRC - National Amphibian Atlas
Personnel: Linda Weir
Funding: Development of the original dataset was supported in part by grants and/or matching funds from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund, as background for the book Amphibian Declines: the Conservation Status of United States Species (Lannoo, 2005).

Data published through GBIF: https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource?r=usgs-pwrc-amphibian-atlas

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The North American Amphibian Atlas follows the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) publications. The Hawaiian Islands are not covered by the SSAR and we use the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS - http://www.itis.gov) for determining valid taxonomy and nomenclature for amphibians introduced to those islands.

Most maps are species level information. We provide distribution maps for the following subspecies:

    Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum (Santa Cruz long-toed salamander)
    Ambystoma tigrium stebbinsi (Sonoran tiger salamander)
    Batrachoseps major aridus (desert slender salamander)
    Batrachoseps major major (garden slender salamander)
    Rana aurora aurora (northern red-legged frog)
    Rana aurora draytonii (California red-legged frog)

In addition, we provide species complex maps for the following:

    Bufo fowleri and Bufo woodhousii complex (Woodhouse’s and Fowler’s toad complex)
    Hyla chrysoscelis and Hyla versicolor complex (gray treefrog species complex)
    Pseudacris triseriata, P. maculata, and P. feriarum complex (chorus frog complex)
Taxonomic ranks
Order: Anura, Caudata
Common names: Frogs, perereca, rã, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads, salamandres, salamandra, Salamanders

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: United States of America (USA).
Coordinates: 24°12'25.2''N and 71°38'9.6''N Latitude; 170°9'21.6''W and 72°46'22.8''W Longitude 

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2017-11-03
Hierarchy level: Dataset