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Alabama Amphibian Network
The Alabama Amphibian Network is a collaborative
partnership between the University of Alabama, ALAPARC, Legacy
Partners in Environmental Education, and environmental education
centers (EE centers) throughout Alabama. The operational portion
of the network consists of EE centers that are participating in a
statewide citizen science program aimed at increasing amphibian
awareness in the public eye, as well as increasing our knowledge
of amphibian distributions throughout the state. Both public
awareness and basic distributional knowledge of amphibians are
surprisingly low in Alabama, and the Alabama Amphibian Network’s
primary goal is to improve both areas.
Participating EE centers in the Alabama Amphibian
Network use identical arrays of coverboards and PVC “treefrog
shelters” to sample amphibians in their educational programs.
These are tools used by practicing herpetologists to sample
amphibians in the field, allowing students to gain hands-on
experience with both amphibians and scientific research during
educational programs at participating centers. EE partners report
data on amphibians quarterly to the amphibian network and ALAPARC,
where they are stored for future research on population trends and
species distributions in Alabama. EE centers have been selected
from all regions of Alabama to thoroughly sample its amphibian
diversity and to provide outreach to all demographic groups.
For a list of participating centers and more
detailed information, click on the links below (links coming
soon):
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