Contributors, online editions

Search tool	Example of search string in box	What that means to the database
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	Hyl*	Will find all uses of "Hyl . . ." anywhere in a record: e.g., Hylarana, Hyla, Hylidae, Hylinae, Hylaedactyla.
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	*Hyla	Will find all uses of ". . . hyla" anywhere in a record: e.g., Hyla, Hylidae, Plectrohyla, Ptychadena hylaea, Adenomera hylaedactyla
	Hyla	Will find all records that contain stand-alone uses of Hyla: e.g., Hyla, Hyla arenicolor
Strings of words without quotation marks	Lithobates pipiens	Interprets this as "Lithobates OR pipiens" so will find the union of all records that contain either "Lithobates" or "pipiens": e.g., Lithobates omiltemanus, Hylorana pipiens
Strings of word with quotation marks	"Lithobates pipiens"	Interprets this as "Lithobates AND pipiens" so will return all records that have the character string "Lithobates pipiens" anywhere within a record: e.g., all members of the Lithobates pipiens complex.
AND statement. Means that the results of the search must include both words held together by an AND	Lithobates AND pipiens	Same as "Lithobates pipiens"
OR statement. Means that the results of the search will all records that have either of the terms held together by an OR	Lithobates OR "Costa Rica"	Recovers all records that contain the word "Lithobates" or "Costa Rica": 402 records inasmuch as this will include all records for the entire amphibian fauna of Costa Rica
Combining Boolean operators within the Basic Search box (AND, OR, NOT, quotation marks)	Lithobates AND "Costa Rica" NOT forreri	Recovers only records that contain the word Lithobates AND "Costa Rica", but excludes any record that contains the word "forreri" in any part of the record: 9 records
Printable HELP file

Search tool	Example of search string in box	What that means to the database
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	Hyl*	Will find all uses of "Hyl . . ." anywhere in a record: e.g., Hylarana, Hyla, Hylidae, Hylinae, Hylaedactyla.
* = "wildcard". Allows a partial letter string to be entered and implies either no or various extension on this letter string	*Hyla	Will find all uses of ". . . hyla" anywhere in a record: e.g., Hyla, Hylidae, Plectrohyla, Ptychadena hylaea, Adenomera hylaedactyla
Single word	Hyla	Will find all records that contain stand-alone uses of Hyla: e.g., Hyla, Hyla arenicolor
Strings of words without quotation marks	Lithobates pipiens	Interprets this as "Lithobates OR pipiens" so will find the union of all records that contain either "Lithobates" or "pipiens": e.g., Lithobates omiltemanus, Hylorana pipiens
Strings of word with quotation marks	"Lithobates pipiens"	Interprets this as "Lithobates AND pipiens" so will return all records that have the character string "Lithobates pipiens" anywhere within a record: e.g., all members of the Lithobates pipiens complex.
AND statement. Means that the results of the search must include both words held together by an AND	Lithobates AND pipiens	Same as "Lithobates pipiens"
OR statement. Means that the results of the search will all records that have either of the terms held together by an OR	Lithobates OR "Costa Rica"	Recovers all records that contain the word "Lithobates" or "Costa Rica": 402 records inasmuch as this will include all records for the entire amphibian fauna of Costa Rica
Combining Boolean operators within the Basic Search box (AND, OR, NOT, quotation marks)	Lithobates AND "Costa Rica" NOT forreri	Recovers only records that contain the word Lithobates AND "Costa Rica", but excludes any record that contains the word "forreri" in any part of the record: 9 records
Printable HELP file

Acknowledgement here does not necessarily denote the agreement or acceptance of the contents of the online catalog by contributors. Nevertheless, their help with this project is deeply appreciated and has improved the quality of the information immeasurably. If I have neglected your contribution, please let me know and I will fix it. I owe many people much but sometimes I err in reporting these debts ([email protected]).

Acknowledgments by version:

Version 6.2 (2023 to present). David Beamer, John Bird, David Blackburn, Manoela Woitovicz Cardoso, Paulo Cascon, Santiago Castro-Viejo, Alan Channing, K. P. Dinesh, Juan M. Guayasamin, Sebastian Högberg, Scott Loarie, Darren Naish, Annemarie Ohler, Martin Pereyra, John Ponting, Alexander Pyron, Tianyu Qian, Jean Raffaelli, Mark Scherz, John Sullivan, Matt Tarr, Alberto Venchi.

Version 6.1 (2020 to 2022). Allen Allison, Sheila Andrade, David Beamer, John Bird, Wendy H. Bolaños H., Anne Canty, Alan Channing, Luis Coloma, Alfonsus Toribio Eko, Raffael Ernst, Juan David Fernandez, Juan M. Guayasamin, M. P. Heino, Hinrich Kaiser, O. Hernández Ordóñez, Mian Hou, Peter Janzen, Martín Pereyra, Alexander Pyron, Rafael Jorge, Tian-Yu Qian, Jean Raffaelli, Carolina Reyes-Puig, Marcus Thadeu Teixeira Santos, Mark Scherz, Matt Tarr, Keith Youngs.

Version 6.0 (2013 to 2020). Andres R. Acosta-Galvis, Sara N. Alexander, Ronald Altig, Luis Amador, Ariadne Angulo, John Applegarth, Angélica Arenas Rodrigues, Daniel Ariano, Pim Arntzen, Michael Barej, César Barrio, John Bird, David Blackburn, Renaud Boistel, Jeff Boundy, Henrik Bringsøe, Anne Canty, Ulisses Caramaschi, Dario Cardozo, Manoela Woitovicz Cardoso, Thiago R. de Carvalho, Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher, Alan Channing, Andrew Clark, Michael Cunningham, Ignacio de la Riva, Maximilian Dehling, Pedro Henrique Dias, K. P. Dinesh, Maureen Donnelly, William E. Duellman, Christophe Dufresnes, Moisés D. Escalona S., Julian Faivovich, Liang Fei, Juan Martin Ferro, Paul Freed, Itzchak Gilboa, Steve Gotte, David Gower, Taran Grant, Eli Greenbaum, Gururaja K.V., Paul David A. Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, Václav Gvoždik, Rainer Günther, Alexander Haas, Mikko Petteri Heino, Sylvia Hofmann, Sebastian Högberg, Marinus S. Hoogmoed, Mian Hou, Theodore Kahn, Hinrich Kaiser, Kriton Kunz, Sergei L. Kuzmin, Enrique La Marca, Miguel Landestoy, José A. Langone, Jimmy G. La Rochelle, Rodrigo Lingnau, Karen Lips, Gerard Lovell, Jennifer Luedtke, Mikael Lundberg, David S. McLeod, Danny Meirte, Iñigo Martínez-Solano, Joseph Mendelson III, David Nicolson, Gabriel Novaes e Fagundes. Andreas Nöllert, Annemarie Ohler, H. Mauricio Ortega-Andrade, Jhon Jairo Ospina-Sarria, Hidetoshi Ota, Dmitri Ouboter, José M. Padial, César Cuevas Palma, Michael Patrikeev, Jonas Pederassi, Pedro Peloso, Martin Pereyra, Paulo D. P. Pinheiro, José Pombal, Jr., Nick Poyarkov, Alexander Pyron, Knut Rogne, Santiago Ron, Mark Scherz, Benedikt Schmidt, Katja Schulz, Mario Schweiger, Helio da Silva, Max Sparreboom, Bryan Stuart, Travis Taggart, Matt Tarr, Pedro P. G. Taucce, Alberto Venchi, Domenico Verducci, Kleber Vieira, Philippe Vigneau, Jaime Villacampa, Priya Warekar, Sheng-Hai Wu, and Dan Zimberlin.

Version 5.6 (2013). Ariadne Angulo, John Applegarth, Raoul Bain, Barry Baker, Cesar Barrio-Amoros, Olivier Bazard, David Blackburn, Dianne Bray, Anne Canty, Dario Cardozo, Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher, Alan Channing, Charles J. Cole Joseph T. Collins, Denny Diveley, Maureen Donnelly, Paul Doughty, Julian Faivovich, Oscar Flores-Villela, Antoine Fouquet, M. J. Fouquette, Viktor Gasso, Itzchak Gilboa, Frank Glaw, Taran Grant, Eli Greenbaum, Juan Manuel Guayasamin, Alexander Haas, Mian Ho, Daniel Hofer, José A. Langone, Mikael Lundberg, Stephen Mahony, Joseph Mendelson III, Ivan Nunes, Annemarie Ohler, Victor Goyannes Dill Orrico, Jhon Jairo Ospina-Sarria, José Padial-Fregnet, Martin Pereyra, Pedro Peloso, José P. Pombal, Jr., Santiago Ron, Franco Souza, Bryan Stuart, Michele Testoni, Julián Valetti, Domenico Verducci, David B. Wake.

Version 5.5 (2011). Ariadne Angulo, John Applegarth, Raoul Bain, Wouter Beukema, John Bird, David Blackburn, Federico Bolaños, Ronald Botterweg, Dario Cardozo, Alan Channing, Joseph T. Collins, Michael Cunningham, Indraneil Das, Denny Diveley, Maureen Donnelly, Fei Liang, Christian Fischer, Oscar Flores-Villela, Itzchak Gilboa, Stéphane Grosjean, Juan Manuel Guayasamin, Timo Hartmann, W. Ronald Heyer, Mohammad Sajid Ali Howlader, Jörn Köhler , Fred Kraus, Has Viborg Kristensen, Sergei L. Kuzmin, Esteban O. Lavilla, Edgar Lehr, Rodrigo Lingnau, Lucas Borges Martins, Roy W. McDiarmid, Ivan Nunes, José M. Padial, José P. Pombal, Jr., Santiago Ron, Kathryn Ronnenberg, Helio da Silva, Max Sparreboom, Domenico Verducci, Philippe Vigneau, David Wake.

Version 5.4 (2010). Ariadne Angulo, John Applegarth, Raoul Bain,, John Bird, David Blackburn, Ronald Botterweg, Carl R. Brune, Janalee Caldwell, Cau Yangxin, Alan Channing, Charles J. Cole, Ignacio De la Riva, K.P. Dinesh, Denny Diveley, Maureen Donnelly, Paul Doughty, Julian Faivovich, Fei Liang, Itzchak Gilboa, Eli Greenbaum, Tina Jackson, Esteban O. Lavilla, Roy W. McDiarmid, David Nicolson, Andreas Nöllert, Victor Goyannes Dill Orrico, José M. Padial, Sam Shonleben, Carol Townsend, Davor Vrcibradic, David Wake, Nina Wetzell, Kellie Whittaker, Breda M. Zimkus.

Version 5.3 (2009). Natalia Ananjeva, Ariadne Angulo, John Applegarth, Raoul Bain, Santiago Castoviejo-Fisher, Dario E. Cardozo, Alan Channing, Joseph T. Collins, Pierre-André Crochet, David Dickey, K.P. Dinesh, Denny Diveley, Maureen Donnelly, Paul Doughty, Julian Faivovich, Fei Liang, Taran Grant, Paul David A. Gutierrez-Cárdenas, Hou Mian, Jörn Köhler, Fred Kraus, Sergius Kuzmin, Spartak Litvinchuk, Roy W. McDiarmid, David Nicolson, Annemarie Ohler, José Padial, Martin Pereyra, Ho-Ling Poon, María Alejandra Rojas Rivera, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Jirka Schmidt, Josef Schmidtler, Dawn Skala, Bryan Stuart, Simon Stuart, Kenneth Tighe, Cristian Tomatis, Alvaro Andres Velasquez, Miguel Vences, David B. Wake, Zhao Ermi.

Version 5.2 (2008). Kraig Adler, Antonio de Padua Almeida, Ariadne Angulo, Raoul Bain, David Blackburn, Ronald Botterweg, Jeff Boundy, Mark Breedlove, Paul But, Alan Channing, Joseph T. Collins, Pierre-André Crochet, K.P. Dinesh, Denny Diveley, Maureen Donnelly, Paul Doughty, Julian Faivovich, Fei Liang, Ahmed Firoz, Taran Grant, W. Ronald Heyer, Hou Mian, Jörn Köhler, Enrique La Marca, Stefan Lötters, Rob Lovich, Roy W. McDiarmid, Joseph Mendelson, III, Annemarie Ohler, José M. Padial, Jennifer Pramuk, Jean Raffaëlli, Arne Schiøtz, Glenn Shea, Dawn Skala, Bryan Stuart, Simon Stuart, Steve Tilley, Cristian Tomatis, Miguel Vences, Zhao Ermi.

Version 5.1 (2007). Erik Åhlander, Ronald Botterweg, Mark Breedlove, Alan Channing, Michael Cunningham, Dario E. Cardozo, Sergio Potsch de Carvalho e Silva, Denny Diveley, Maureen Donnelly, Julian Faivovich, Itzchak Gilboa, Steve W. Gotte, Taran Grant, Paul David A. Gutiérrez-C., Hou Mian, Annemarie Ohler, Dawn Skala, Miguel Vences, Zang Peng.

Version 5.0 (2007). Kraig Adler, Erik Åhlander, Manfred Beier, Ronald Botterweg, Mark Breedlove, Alan Channing, Pierre-André Crochet, Ignacio De la Riva, Denny Diveley, Sushil Dutta, Julian Faivovich, Frank Glaw, Julian Faivovich, Scott Federhen, Fei Liang, Itzchak Gilboa, Frank Glaw, Taran Grant, Paul David A. Gutiérrez-C., Ryan P. O'Donnell, Stephen P. Rogers, Dawn Skala, Bryan Stuart, Cristian Tomatis, Miguel Vences, David B. Wake, Zhao Ermi.

Version 4 (2006). César Aguilar Puntriano, Ghazi S.M. Asmat, Barry Baker, Raoul Bain, César Luis Barrio-Amorós, John Bird, David Blackburn, Mark Breedlove, Jonathan A. Campbell, Sergio Potsch de Carvalho e Silva, Alan Channing, Joseph T. Collins, Pierre-André Crochet, Ronald I. Crombie, Denny Diveley, Maureen A. Donnelly, Julian Faivovich, Scott Federhen, Fei Liang, Mario García-París, Itzchak Gilboa, Frank Glaw, Taran Grant, Juan Manuel Guayasamin, Paul David A. Gutierrez-C., W. Ronald Heyer, Savitha N. Krishna, Sergius Kuzmin, Edgar Lehr, Joanna Mazgajska, Roy W. McDiarmid, Danny Meirte, Robert Murphy, Charles W. Myers, Annemarie Ohler, Helio da Silva, Dawn Skala, Frederick B. Swengel, Michael Veith, Miguel Vences, David B. Wake, Zhao Ermi.

Version 3 (2004). Kraig Adler, César Aguilar Puntriano, Erik Ahlander, Margaret Arnold, Raoul Bain, César Luis Barrio-Amorós, Aaron Bauer, Manfred Beier, John Bird, David Blackburn, Sergé Bogaerts, Jeff Boundy, Ronald Brandon, Reuber A. Brandão, Mark Breedlove, Janalee P. Caldwell, Jonathan A. Campbell, Fernando Castro, Nick Clemann, Alan Channing, Pierre-André Crochet, Ronald I. Crombie, Ignacio J. De la Riva, Ismael E. di Tada, Denny Diveley, Maureen A. Donnelly, William E. Duellman, Julian Faivovich, Scott Federhen, Fei Liang, Linda S. Ford, Querube Fuenmayor, Mario García-París, Itzchak Gilboa, Frank Glaw, Taran Grant, Juan Manuel Guayasamin, W. Ronald Heyer, Daniel Hofer, Marinus S. Hoogmoed, Jörn Köhler, Sergius L. Kuzmin, Enrique La Marca, Michael J. Lannoo, Rodrigo Lingnau, Masafumi Matsui, Roy W. McDiarmid, Marcelo Menin, Julio Cesar de Moura-Leite, Robert Murphy, Charles W. Myers, David Nicolson, Annemarie Ohler, Hidetoshi Ota, Alan P. Peterson, Robert Rolan, Alfredo Salvador, Christina Saylor, Greg Schneider, Helio da Silva, Jeroen Speybroeck, Simon N. Stuart, Fred Swengel, Luís Felipe de Toledo, Monique Van Sluys, Miguel Vences, David B. Wake, Urs Wüest, Xie Feng, Zhao Ermi.

Version 2 (2002). Kraig Adler, Margaret Arnold, Raoul Bain. Janalee P. Caldwell, Jonathan A. Campbell, David C. Cannatella, Joseph T. Collins, Alan Channing, Luis Coloma, Ronald I. Crombie, Indraneil Das, Maureen A. Donnelly, William E. Duellman, Julian Faivovich, Scott Federhen, Fei Liang, Linda S. Ford, Mario García-París, Erik Gergus, Itzchak Gilboa, Anna M. Goebel, Steve W. Gotte, Taran Grant, Laura Hammond, Ian Harrison, W. Ronald Heyer, Marinus S. Hoogmoed, Robert F. Inger, Jay King, David Kizirian, Jörn Köhler, Enrique La Marca, José A. Langone, Benedetto Lanza, Amy Lathrop, Esteban O. Lavilla, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Li Cheng, Raul Maneyro, Masafumi Matsui, Roy W. McDiarmid, Robert J. Meese, Victor R. Morales, Charles W. Myers, David Nicolson, Annemarie Ohler, Jean-Luc Perret, Alan P. Peterson, José Pombal, Jr., Jennifer B. Pramuk, David Paul Reddy, Alan Resetar, Arne Schiøtz, Norman Scott, Helio da Silva, Jeet Sukumaran, Stephen Tilley, T'Shaka Touré, Thomas J. Trombone, David B. Wake, Addison Wynn, George Zug.

Names, address, and contributions:

To use email addresses, replace the "AT" part of the address with "@".

Andres Acosta-Galvis

Contribution: correction of collection acronyms (vers. 6)

Kraig Adler

Contribution: consultation on Chinese and antiquarian literature (vers. 2.21–5.2).

Address: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. email address: kka4 AT cornell.edu

César Aguilar Puntriano

Contribution: error correction of former Telmatobiinae record and Peruvian species list (vers. 3.0–4.0).

Address: Departamento de Herpetología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Apdo 14-0434, Lima 14, Peru. email address: caguilarp AT hotmail.com

Erik Åhlander

Contribution: information on various types in the NHRM (vers. 3.0–3.1, 5.1).

Address: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet), Section for Vertebrate Zoology, (Frescativagen 48) P.O. Box 50007; S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. email address: erik.ahlander AT nrm.se

Sara N. Alexander

Contribution: extensive error correction of synonymies (vers. 6.0, October 2019)

Address: Integrate Taxonomic Information System, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012 NMNH, MRC-0180 Washington, DC 20013-7012. email: alexandersar AT si.edu

Antonio de Padua Almeida

Contribution: error correction in Hylidae
(vers. 5.2)

Address: Coordenador Técnico Regional, Projeto TAMAR/ICMBio, Espírito Santo, Brasil. email address: tonim AT tamar.org.br

Ronn Altig

Contribution: access to some of the most obscure literature on the planet (vers. 6.0), and for convincing me to keep my sense of humor.

Address: Starkville, Mississippi, USA. Altig AT biology.msstate.edu

Luis Amador

Contribution: correction to range of Odorrana mutschmanni (Ranidae) (vers. 6.0) (13 December 2016).

Address: Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile. email: amadoroyola AT gmail.com

Natalia Ananjeva

Contribution:help with access to literature (vers. 5.3)

Address: Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 1, St. Petersburg 199164, Russia.

Sheila Andrade

Contribution: Correction of species name for Scinax goya (vers. 6.1)

Address: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia, Cx. Postal 131, 74.001-970 Goiânia, GO, Brazil. Email: [email protected]

Ariadne Angulo

Contribution:help with error correction (vers. 5.2–5.5)

Address: Departamento de Herpetología, Museo de Historia Natural de San Marcos, Apartado 140434, Lima 14, Peru. email address: ariadne.angulo AT iucn.org

John Applegarth

Contribution: extensive nomenclatural help and corrections throughout (vers. 5.4–6.0).

Address: Eugene, Oregon, USA. email address: xona45 AT earthlink.net.

Angélica Arenas Rodriguez

Contribution: constructive queries on the synonymy and nomenclature of Trachycephals typhonius (vers. 6.0).

Address: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Herpetología, Bogotá, Colombia. Email: angelica.arenas AT javeriana.edu.co

Daniel Ariano

Contribution: correction of altitudinal ranges of Plectrohyla pokomchi and Bolitoglossa englehardti.

Address: Departamento de biology/Centrl de Estudios Ambientales y Biodiversidad, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, 18 Avenida 11-95 Zona 15, Vista Hermosa III, Guatemala. email address: dariano AT uvg.edu.gt

Margaret Arnold

Contribution: error corrections and library support (vers. 2.0–3.0).

Address: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA. email address: marnold AT amnh.org

Pim Arntzen

Contribution: error correction of original publication of Chioglossa and Chioglossa lusitanica (vers. 6.0, August 2015).

Address: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. email: pim.arntzen AT naturalis.nl

Ghazi S.M. Asmat

Contribution: corrections in species list for Bangladesh (vers. 4.0).

Address: Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh. ghmat53 AT yahoo.com

David Beamer

Contribution: correction of Chiropterotriton accounts, correction of the comment under Desmognathus adatsihi, and correction of the types for Plethodon idahoensis (vers. 6.2)

Address: Nash Community College Spring Hope, North Carolina, USA. email: [email protected]

Barry Baker

Contribution: notification of various new literature (vers. 4.0)

Address: Morphology Section, U.S. National Fish & Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, 1490 East Main Street, Ashland, Oregon 97520-1310, USA. Barry_Baker AT fws.gov

Raoul Bain

Contribution: review and error corrections for Indochinese species (vers. 2.1–5.5).

Address: Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA. email address: bain AT amnh.org

Michael Barej

Contribution: Corrections within Odontobatrachus records (vers. 6.0).

Address: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science (Herpetology), Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany. email: michael AT barej.de

César Luis Barrio-Amorós

Contribution: review of Venezuelan species and many corrections of relevant literature, synonymies, and distributions (vers. 3.0–4.0, 6.0).

Address: Fundación AndígenA, Apartado Postal 210, Mérida 5101-A, Estado Mérida, Venezuela. email address: cesarlba AT yahoo.com

Aaron Bauer

Contribution: consultation on old literature (vers. 2.21–3.0).

Address: Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA. email address: aaron.bauer AT villanova.edu

David Beamer

Contribution: substantial corrections to old literature (vers. 6.2).

Address: Department of Natural Science, Nash Community College, Rocky Mount, NC, 27804. email address: dbeamer AT nashcc.edu

Manfred Beier

Contribution: publication date correction (vers. 3.0) and several corrections and augmentation to comments in Pipidae (vers. 5.0).

Address: Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Institut für Humangenetik und Anthropologie, Universitätsstrasse 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. email address: beierm AT uni duesseldorf.de

Wouter Beukema

Contribution: discussions and advice regarding European and Moroccan amphibian taxonomy (vers. 5.5)

Address: Department of Animal Management, University of Applied Science van Hall-Larenstein, Agora 1, NL-8934 CJ Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. email addresses: wouter.beukema AT wur.nl; wouter.beukema AT gmail.com

John Bird

Contribution: notes regarded errors in Petropedetidae and Microhylidae (vers. 2.21) and corrections for Litoria, Limnodynastidae, and Myobatrachidae (vers. 3.0–4.0, 5.4–5.5), Dendrobatidae, Microhylidae, and Ceratobatrachidae (vers. 6.0), and Amolops (vers. 6.1), and Australian taxa in general (vers 6.1–6.2).

Address: 5 Bronze Drive, Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, 3555, Australia. email address: birdjl AT netspace.net.au

David Blackburn

Contribution: corrections and type registrations of West African amphibians as well as arthroleptids and phrynobatrachids (vers. 3.0–5.2, 5.4–5.5); correction of Ericabatrachus content (vers. 6.0 [13 Feb 2014]); correction of the type locality of Conraua crassipes (Conrauidae) and correction of the collection acronym for Leptopelis bocagii var. leucopunctata Ferreira, 1906 (vers. 6.0, 30 Dec 2019); general discussions on amphibian systematics (vers. 6.1, 2020-23).

Address: Department of Herpetology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA [formerly: Department of Herpetology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.] email: david.c.blackburn AT gmail.com

Sergé Bogaerts

Contribution: Alerts to taxonomic changes in Palearctic salamanders (vers. 3.0).

Address: Honigbijenhof 3, NL-6533 RW Nijmegen, The Netherlands. email: bogaerts AT hetnet.nl

Wendy H. Bolaños H.

Contribution: Corrections to range statements for Brachycephalus pulex (Brachycephalidae), Phyllodystes megatympanum (Hylidaae), and Chiasmocleis antenori (Microhylidae).

Address: Tropical Herpetology Laboratory, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.

Ronald Botterweg

Contribution: provided Excel spreadsheet comparisons of the ASW and AmphibiaWeb taxonomic databases (vers. 5.0–5.5).

Address: Capgemeni, Utrecht, The Netherlands. email address: ronald.botterweg AT capgemini.com

Jeff Boundy

Contribution: review and correction within Bufonidae (vers. 3.0, 5.2–5.3, 6.0).

Address: Fur and Refuge Division, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, P.O. Box 98,000, Baton Rouge, LA 70898 USA. email address: Boundy_JJ AT wlf.state.la.us

Ronald Brandon

Contribution: discussions and help with Siren systematics and literature (vers. 3.0).

Addres: Department of Biology, Southern Illinois Univesity, Carbondale, Illinois. email address: brandon AT zoology.siu.edu

Reuber A. Brandão

Contribution: Corrections for some distributions in Brazil (vers. 3.0).

Address: Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília, CEP 70 910-900, Brasília—DF, Brazil. email address: reuberbrandao AT yahoo.com.br

Mark Breedlove

Contribution: new (vers. 3.0) interface, concatenation software, and MYSQL database (vers. 3.0–5.4).

Address: (Formerly) Scientific Web Applications, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA.

Carl R. Brune

Contribution: Corrections to Anaxyrus americanus and Pseudotriton diastictus accouts (vers. 5.4).

Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, 203 Edwards Accelerator Laboratory, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701. email address: brune AT ohio.edu

Paul But

Contribution: translation of critical information in some Chinese literature (vers. 5.2).

Address: Department of Biology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China. paulbut AT cuhk.edu.hk

Janalee P. Caldwell

Contribution: error correction in bufonid and dendrobatoid sections (vers. 2.20–3.0, 5.4).

Address: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73072-7029, USA. email address: caldwell AT ou.edu

Jonathan A. Campbell

Contribution: literature updates for Central America and Mexico (vers. 2.1–4.0).

Address: Department Of Biology, University Of Texas, UTA Box 19498, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA. campbell AT uta.edu

David C. Cannatella

Contribution: help with nomenclatural and linguistic issues regarding gender of Scinax (vers. 2.1).

Address: Texas Memorial Museum and Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712-1064, USA. email address: catfish AT mail.utexas.edu

Ann Canty

Contribution: continuing support of ASW and public outreach in general (2010 to present).

Address: Senior Vice President of Communications and Marketing, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Dario E. Cardozo

Contribution: correction of Argentinian ranges and type localities as well as general error correction regarding taxonomy and range of Argentinian amphibians (vers. 5.2–5.5, 6.0 [17 Feb 2014, 23 Jan. 2015]).

Address: CONICET- Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Félix de Azara 1552—Posadas, CPostal 3300, Misiones, Argentina. email address: dacardz AT gmail.com

Manoela Woitovicz Cardoso

Contribution: correction os comment under Physalaemus cristinae (Leptodactlidae). Version 6.0; correction in comment of Physalaemus caeta (Leptodactylidae). Version 6.2.

Address: Setor de Herpetologia, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, UFRJ Horto Botânico do Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Email address: [email protected]

Thiago R. de Carvalho

Contribution: Corrections and literature additions for the fauna of Brazil (vers. 5.6 and 6.0).

Address: Departamento de Zoologia e Centro de Aquicultura, I.B., Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. email: thiago_decarvalho AT yahoo.com.br

Sergio Potsch de Carvalho e Silva

Contribution: Corrections of some Brazilian distributions (vers. 4.0) and type localities of Brazilian Scinax (vers. 5.1).

Address: Depto de Zoologia—IB—UFRJ, CP 68.044—CEP 21.944-970, Brazil. Sergio AT biologia.ufrj.br

Paulo Cascon

Contribution: Correction of range for Adelophryne baruritensis (Eleutherodactylidae) (vers.6.2).

Address: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. email address: [email protected]

Fernando Castro

Contribution: citation corrections for some Colombian Eleutherodactylus (now Pristimantis) (vers. 3.0).

Address: Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. email address: fcastro1 AT biologos.univalle.edu.co

Santiago Castoviejo-Fisher

Contribution: error corrections in Centrolenidae (vers. 5.3-6.0)

Address: Faculdade de Biociêncas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 – Prédio 12A
CEP: 90619-900 – Porto Alegre – RS, Brasil. email: santiago.castroviejo AT gmail.com

Cau Wang-xin

Contribution: error correction in Chinese frogs and acronyms for Chinese collections (vers. 5.4)

Address: Chengdu Institute of Biology, Academia Sinica, PO Box 416, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China. email address: cau_yangxin
AT hotmail.com

Alan Channing

Contribution: extensive updates and corrections for southern, central, and eastern African species and access to relevant literature (vers. 2.0–5.5, 6.0); correction of the range of Petropedetes (Petropedetidae) (vers. 6.0); corrections and edits to the Tomopterna (Pyxicephalidae) and Hyperolius accounts (vers. 6.1).

Address: Department of Zoology, University of the Western Cape, Post Bag X17, Bellville, 7535 Rep. South Africa. email address: achanning AT uwc.ac.za

Ryan Choi

Contribution: concatenation software, and MYSQL database (vers. 5.5).

Address: (Formerly) Scientific Web Applications, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA.

Andrew Clark

Contribution: Corrections to Isthmura and Aquiloeurycea (Plethodontidae) (vers. 6.0)

Email: geotrypetes AT gmail.com

Nick Clemann

Contribution: additions to common names in Australia (vers. 3.0).

Address: Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Sustainability and Environment, PO Box 137, 123 Brown Street, Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084 Australia. email address: nick.clemann AT nre.vic.gov.au

Joseph T. Collins (deceased)

Contribution: updates for North American species and other relevant literature as well as exchange of information (vers. 2.0, 4.0, 5.2–5.5).

Address: Foundation for North American Herpetology, 1502 Medinah Circle, Lawrence, Kansas 66046, USA.

Luis Coloma

Contribution: revisions and updates for parts of Dendrobatidae and revisions of Ecuadorian distributions (vers. 2.1); error correction of Ecuadorian amphibian literature (vers. 6.1).

Address: Centro Jambatu de Investigación y Conservación de Anfibios, Quito, Ecuador. email address:
coloma.l AT gmail.com

Pierre-André Crochet

Contribution: corrections to Speleomantes, Discoglossus, and Rana (vers. 3.0); corrections in country
lists for Europe and North Africa (vers. 4.0); help with access to nomenclatural literature (vers. 5.0–5.3).

Address: CEFE-CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France. email address: crochet AT cefe.cnrs-mop.fr

Ronald I. Crombie

Contribution: literature updates and help in apprehending hard-to-find papers (vers. 2.21–4.0).

Address: Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118, USA. (formerly Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA). Email address: rcrombie AT calacademy.org

Cesar C. Cuevas

Contribution: Literature and corrections relevant to Alsodes (Alsodidae) (version 6.0).

Address: Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile. Email: csr.cuevas AT gmail.com

Michael Cunningham

Contribution: correction of range of Poyntonophrynus vertebralis (vers. 5.1); corrections in comments associated with various Amietia species (vers. 5.5); range correction for Hyperolius swynnertoni (vers. 6.0 [14 Feb 2014]); various corrections of writing errors in comments (vers. 6.0 [19 March 2014]).

Address: Dept. Genetics, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, Rep. South Africa. email address: [email protected]

Indraneil Das

Contribution: updates for many Asian species and access to Asian literature (vers. 2.1–2.2, 5.5).

Address: Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Mamallapuram, Post Bag 4, Tamil Nadu 603 104, India. email address: idas AT mailhost.unimas.my

Ignacio J. De la Riva

Contribution: literature updates and correction regarding type localities in West Africa and review of Telmatobius section as well as many other miscellaneous corrections (vers. 3.0, 5.0, 5.3–5.4, 6.0).

Address: Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, C/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. email address: delariva AT mncn.csic.es

Maximilian Dehling

Contribution: Error correction of literature citation (vers. 6.0m, 22 Feb 2019)

Address: Institut für Integrierte Naturwissenschaften, Abteilung Biologie, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstraße 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany. email: dehling AT uni-koblenz.de

Tom Devitt

Contribution: Error correction for the Eurycea accounts in Texas, USA (vers. 6.0)

Address: University of Texas, Austin, Texas USA. Emaill: tdevitt AT utexas.edu

Pedro Henrique Dias

Contribution: corrections to Proceratophrys (vers. 6.0 [20 Jan 2014]).

Address: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, trav. 14, nº 321, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 05508-090. Email: pedrodiasherpeto AT gmail.com

David Dickey

Contribution: error correction in Oreophryne (vers. 5.3)

Address: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024. email: dickey AT amnh.org

K.P. Dinesh

Contribution: error correction for South India accounts and access to critical literature from India generally (vers. 5.2–5.4, 6.0); error correction for Indian species (vers. 6.2).

Address: Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Biological Sciences Block, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012, Karnataka, India. email: kpdinesh11 AT gmail.com

Ismael E. di Tada

Contribution: error correction for Bufo schneideri (vers. 3.0).

Address: Ecologia, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Rio Cuarto, 5800—Cordoba, Argentina. email address: iditada AT exa.unrc.edu.ar

Denny Diveley

Contribution: library and error correction support (vers. 3–5.6).

Address: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. email: denqotu AT amnh.org

Maureen A. Donnelly

Contribution: literature updates and corrections throughout (vers. 2.1–6.0).

Address: Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 3000 NE 151st St., North Miami, FL 33181-3000, USA. email address: Maureen.Donnelly AT fiu.edu

Paul Doughty

Contribution: nomenclatural correction of Opisthodon and Platyplectrum (vers. 5.2) and providing literature updates (vers. 5.3–5.4).

Address: Western Australia Museum, 49 Kew Street, Welshpool, WA 6106, Australia. email: Paul.Doughty AT museum.wa.gov.au

William E. Duellman

Contribution: consultation on hylid systematics and nomenclature (vers. 2.21–3.0); correction of gender of Dendropsophus coffea, Scinax elaeochroa, and Scinax cruentomma (vers. 6.0).

Address: Division of Herpetology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7561, USA. email address: duellman AT ku.edu

Christophe Dufresnes

Contribution: Extensive error corrections to the Pelobates records (vers. 6.0, July 2019).

Address: Laboratory for Conservation Biology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. email: [email protected]

Sushil K. Dutta

Contribution: consultation on rhacophorid systematics (vers. 5.0).

Address: Department of Zoology, North Orissa University, Sriram Chandra Vihar, Takatpur, Baripada 757003, Orissa, India. email address: sk_dutta AT yahoo.com.

Alfonsus Toribio Eko Saputro

Contribution: Correction of the Ranitomeya variabilis (Dendrobatidae) record. (vers. 6.1)

Address: Gadjah Mada University, Faculty of Biology, Tropical Biology Departement, Teknika Selatan Street, Sleman, Indonesia, 55281. email: [email protected]

Raffael Ernst

Contribution: error correction in Hyperolius (vers. 6.1).

Address: Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Königsbrücker Landstr. 159, D-01109 Dresden, Germany. email address: raffael.ernst AT senckenberg.de

Moisés D. Escalona S.

Conribution: Correctiion,of the Bolitoglossa mucuyensis record and literatures on Boana (vers. 6.0)

Address: Lab. de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Setor Herpetologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Av. Ipiranga, 6681, Prédio 40, sala 110, 90619-900, Porto Alegre, Brasil. email: moises.escalona AT gmail.com

Julian Faivovich

Contribution: corrections for Hylinae (Hylidae) and all Argentinian species (vers. 2.1–5.6).

Address: Division Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, "Bernardino Rivadavia", Angel Gallardo 470, 1405 Buenos Aires, Argentina (formerly: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA.) email address: julian AT gmail.com

Scott Federhen

Contribution: aid in outlinking Amphibian Species of the World to GenBank (vers. 2.20–4.0).

Address: National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894. email address: federhen AT ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Juan David Fernandez

Contribution: Help with Colombian caecilian records (vers. 6.1).

Address: Laboratorio de Anfibios, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia. email: [email protected]

Fei Liang

Contribution: help with access to Chinese amphibian literature (vers. 2.1–5.6).

Address: Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Academia Sinica, PO Box 416, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China.

Juan Martín Ferro

Contribution: Literature correction in Hypsiboas (Hylidae) (vers. 6.0, 18 Oct. 2015)

Address: Instituto de Biología Subtropical – CONICET, Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM), Félix de Azara 1552 - CPA N3300LQF - Posadas, Misiones, Argentina. email address: ferrojm AT gmail.com

Ahmed Firoz

Contribution: corrections to Rhacophorus accounts for India (vers. 5.2).

Address: 65, Udayachal Path, Christian Basti, Guwahati-781005, Assam, India. email: assamensis AT gmail.com

Linda S. Ford

Contribution: HTML support and many corrections and additions (vers. 2.0–3.0).

Address: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA (formerly: Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Department of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024 USA.) email: lford AT fas.harvard.edu

Paul S. Freed

Contribution: extensive error correction throughout (vers. 6.0).

Address: Scott Mills, Oregon. herps2apes AT peoplepc.com

Querube Fuenmayor

Contribution: corrections for Panamanian taxa (vers. 3.0).

Address: ANCON (Asociación Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza), Apdo. 1387, Panama 1, República de Panama. email address: qfuenmayor AT ancon.org

Mario García-París

Contribution: help with Discoglossus and the Pseudacris regilla complex nomenclature (vers. 3.0–4.0).

Address: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, c/ Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. email: mcnp505 AT mncn.csic.es

Erik Gergus

Contribution: information on Hyla wrightorum and members of the Anaxyrus americanus complex (vers. 2.20).

Address: Department of Biology, Glendale Community College, 6000 W. Olive Ave., Glendale, Arizona, USA. email address: erik.gergus AT gcmail.maricopa.edu

Itzchak Gilboa

Contribution: literature additions and corrections (vers. 2.1–6.0).

Address: Phoenix, Arizona, USA. (formerly: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA.) email address: gilboa AT pipeline.com

Frank Glaw

Contribution: literature updates (vers. 2.21); corrections for Madagascan species (vers. 3.0).

Address: Sektion Herpetologie, Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München, Germany. email address: Frank.Glaw AT zsm.mwn.de

Anna M. Goebel

Contribution: corrections on Anaxyrus boreas taxonomy (vers. 2.21).

Address: Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, USA 33965 (formerly University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, 265 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0334, USA). email address: agoebel AT fgcu.edu

Steve W. Gotte

Contribution: corrections regarding types in the United States National Museum of Natural History (USNM) and geographic ranges of North American species (vers. 2.1, 5.2. 6.0).

Address: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. email address: Gottes AT si.edu

David Gower

Contribution: correction to Caecilia degenerata record (vers. 6.0)

Address: The Natural History Museum, Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. email: [email protected]

Taran Grant

Contribution: review of Colombian species and updates of dendrobatoid and centrolenid literature (vers. 2.1–4.0, 5.3).

Address: Museu de Zoologia/USP, C.P. 7172, 01.051 São Paulo, S.P., Brazil. (formerly: Division of Vertebrate Zoology [Herpetology], American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA.) email address: taran.grant AT gmail.com

Eli B. Greenbaum

Contribution: improvement of several Leptopelis accounts (vers. 5.4 and 6.0) and of various Sclerophrys and Hyperolius (vers. 6.0).

Address: Department of Biology, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA. email address: egreenbaum2 AT utep.edu

Stéphane Grosjean

Contribution: error correction (vers. 5.5).

Address: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, USM 601 / UMR 7205 Reptiles & Amphibiens - Case Postale 30, 25 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris email address: sgrosjean0 AT gmail.com

Juan Manuel Guayasamin

Contribution: corrections to records of various frog species from Colombia and Ecuador (vers. 3.0–6.1); review of centrolenid section (vers. 5.4–6.0); correction of range of Nymphargas garciae (Centrolenidae) (vers. 6.2).

Address: Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales (COCIBA), Diego de Robles y Vía Interocéanica, 17-1200-841, Quito, Ecuador. email address: jmguayasamin AT gmail.com

Gururaja K.V.

Contribution: error correction in Ranixalidae.

Address: Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Yalahanka New Town, Bengaluru 560064, India. email: gururaja.kv AT srishti.ac.in

Rainer Günther

Contribution: corrections of Asterophryinae (Microhylidae) records (vers. 6.0).

Address: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. email: Rainer.Guenther AT mfn-berlin.de

Paul David A. Gutierrez-Cárdenas

Contribution: corrections to Colombia records (vers. 4.0–5.1, 5.3, 6.0).

Address: Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia. email address: pdgutierrez2 AT yahoo.com

Václav Gvoždik

Contribution: improvement of search engine function; correction to Phrynobatrachus steindachneri record (vers. 6.0, 19 Jan 2014; 22 Feb 2014)

Address: Institute of Vertebrate Biology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Research facility STUDENEC, Studenec 122, CZ-675 00 Prague, Czech Republic. email vaclav.gvozdik AT ivb.cz

Laura Hammond

Contribution: error correction and extensive library support (vers. 2.1–2.21).

Address: Madison, Wisconsin, USA. (formerly: Office of the Associate Dean of Science, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA.)

Ian Harrison

Contribution: error correction and help with GenBank linkout (vers. 2.20–2.21).

Address: Conservation International (former) Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Ichthyology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024). email address: harrison AT amnh.org

Timo Hartmann

Contribution: correction of Triturus ophryticus record (vers. 5.5)

Address: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany. email address: Tthartma1 AT uni-bonn.de

Mikko Petteri Heino

Contribution: a great deal of general error correction, particularly in Megophryidae and Rhacophoridae (vers. 5.6 and 6.0, November 2013 through August, 2014), Craugastoridae (vers. 6.0, March, 2015), and Colombia, Peru, Argentina (vers. 6.0, August 2015), a big list of general problems, inconsistencies, range and literature corrections (vers. 6.0, July 2017); another dismayingly large, but deeply appreciated, list of corrections and additions (vers. 6.0, November 2017, and November 2018). Large numbers of sophisticated error corrections in December 2020 (vers. 6.1).

Address: Department of Biology, University of Bergen, PO Box 7800, N-5020 Bergen, Norway. email: Mikko.Heino AT bio.uib.no

Omar Hernández Ordóñez

Contribution: correction of the location of the holotype of Pseudoeurycea boneti (vers. 6.1).

Address: Colección Nacional de Anfibios y Reptiles, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Mexico D.F.

W. Ronald Heyer

Contribution: consultation regarding Leptodactylus and hyloid taxonomy and literature (vers. 2.1–5.2); discussions of synonymies and type numbers for Leptodactylus species (vers. 5.4–5.5).

Address: Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. email address: Heyerr AT si.edu

Louise Hobin

Contribution: many technical corrections of consistency and accuracy throughout (vers. 6.0).

Address: Biocensus, The Malt House, 17-20 Sydney Buildings, Bath, BA2 6BZ, UK. email: [email protected]

Daniel Hofer

Contribution: corrections to Swiss distributions (vers. 3.0).

Address: Holenackerstrasse 65/C17, CH-3027 Bern, Switzerland. email address: caecilia AT swissonline.ch

Sylvia Hofmann

Contribution: aid in sorting the literature and known ranges of Scutiger occidentalis and Scutiger nyingchiensis (Megophryidae) (vers. 6.0).

Address: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ (Zentrum für Umweltforschung), Department of Conservation Biology, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany. email: sylvia.hofmann AT ufz.de

Sebastian Hogberg

Contribution: Timely provision of new literature (vers. 6.0–6.2).

Address: email: [email protected]

Marinus S. Hoogmoed

Contribution: corrections to synonymies of members of the Rhinella margaritifera complex in particular, and Bufo (sensu lato), more generally (vers. 2.21–3.0), corrections to Brasilotyphlus distribution statement and spelling corrections in Hylidae as well as a range corrections for Chiasmocleis papachibe, Atelopus hoogmoedi, and Atelopus spumarius as well as type localities for various Brazilian frogs (vers. 6.0).

Address: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Caixa Post 399, 66.000 Belém, Brazil (formerly: Reptiles and Amphibians, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.) email address: marinus AT museu-goeldi.br

Mian Hou

Contribution: Provided literature for Chinese species (vers. 6.0) and translations of the original publication for Rana qianjiang (Ranidae) and discussions about the systematics of that species (vers. 6.1).

Address: College of Continuing Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610068, China. email: turtlechina AT 126.com

Mohammad Sajid Ali Howlader

Contribution: Access to literature (ver. 5.5).

Address: Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh. email address: sajidpabc AT gmail.com

Robert F. Inger (deceased)

Contribution: review and correction of early versions of Bufonidae, Ranidae, Rhacophoridae, and Megophryidae (vers. 2.0–2.20).

Address: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA. email address: ringer AT fieldmuseum.org

Tina Jackson

Contribution: correction of range statement of Anaxyrus boreas (vers. 5.4)

Address: Colorado Division of Wildlife, 255 Sinton Road Colorado Springs, CO 80907 USA. Tina.Jackson AT state.co.us

Peter Janzen

Contribution: correction of range of Theloderma (Rhacophoridae) (vers. 6.1)

Address: Email: pjanzen AT gmx.de

Rafael Jorge

Contribution: Error correction in Atelopus and Atelopus manauensis (Bufonidae).

Address: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus 69067-375,

Amazonas, Brazil. Email: [email protected]

Theodore Kahn

Contribution: noted missing dendrobatids (vers. 6.0, 22 April 2014).

Address: ITIS Data Development, Smithsonian Institution, POB Box 37012, MRC-180, Washington, DC 20013-7012. email: KahnT AT si.edu

Hinrich Kaiser

Contribution: noted error in synonymy of Hyalinobatrachium orientale (Centrolenidae) (vers. 6.0, 9 December 2014) and sorted the complexity of the history of syntypes of Litoria albolabris (vers. 6.0, 29 Jan 2013); correction of the genitive ending of Rhacophorus norhayatii to Rhacophorus norhayatiae (vers. 6.1, 6 June 2021).

Address: Victor Valley College, Victorville, California, USA 92395 . emal: hinrich.kaiser AT vvc.edu

Jay King

Contribution: literature citation corrections (vers. 2.21).

Address: 4527 Magnolia, St. Louis, MO 63110. email address: Jay AT lmarz.com

David Kizirian

Contribution: partial review of Rhacophoridae (vers. 2.1).

Address: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. email address: dkizirian AT amnh.org

Jörn Köhler

Contribution: discussions of nomenclatural issues regarding Scinax (vers. 2.21) and literature corrections regarding Bolivian species (vers. 3.0, 5.2–5.3); access to literature (vers. 5.5).

Address: Abteilung Naturgeschichte - Zoologie, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Friedensplatz 1 64283 Darmstadt, Germany(formerly: Sektion Herpetologie, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Adenaueralle 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany.) email address: j.koehler AT hlmd.de

Fred Kraus

Contribution: corrections for various Papuan species (vers. 5.3–5.5).

Address: Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817 USA. email: fkraus AT hawaii.edu

Savitha N. Krishna

Contribution: correction of Duttaphrynus parietalis range (vers. 4.0).

Address: Department of Biosciences, Hemagangothri, University of Mysore at Hassan, Hassan 573220, Karnataka, India. amail address: savithakn AT hotmail com

Hans Viborg Kristensen

Contribution: Information on ZMUC types (vers. 5.5).

Address: Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen E, Denmark. email address: hansviborg AT hotmail.com

Kriton Kunz

Contribution: error correction in Theloderma (vers. 6.0).

Address: Munster, Germany. email: [email protected]

Sergius L. Kuzmin

Contribution: review and correction of accounts of Russian species (vers. 3.0–4.0, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5).

Address: Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect, 33, Moscow 119071, Russia. email address: ipe51 AT yahoo.com

Enrique La Marca

Contribution: help with literature access regarding Venezuelan species and correction in the synonymy of Hypsiboas crepitans of Hypsiboas indris (vers. 2.21–5.2, 6.0).

Address: Laboratorio de Biogeografía, Facultad de Geografía, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. email address: lamarca1 AT telcel.net.ve

Miguel Landestoy

Contribution: correction to the Peltophryne armata record (vers. 6.0).

Address: Escuela de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Repúblic. email: hispanioland AT gmail.com

José A. Langone

Contribution: updates and corrections regarding Uruguayan species accounts (vers. 2.1); correction of the type species of Bradymedusa (vers. 6.0) and a number of corrections to synonymies of South American taxa (vers. 6.0, August 2014).

Addres: Departamento de Herpetología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, CC 399, 11.000 Montevideo, Uruguay. email address: pplangone AT usa.net

Michael J. Lannoo

Contribution: help with North American amphibian distributions and Siren systematics (vers. 3.0).

Address: Muncie Center for Medical Education, Indiana University School of Medicine, MT201, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306, USA. email address: mlannoo AT bsu.edu

Benedetto Lanza

Contribution: help with Bombina systematics (vers. 2.21).

Address: Museo di Storia Naturale, Universitè di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia "La Specola", via Romana, 17, I-50125 Firenze, Italy. email address: benedetto.lanza AT tin.it

Jimmy G. La Rochelle

Contribution: brought a preoccupied name, Walkerana, to my attention (vers. 6.0).

Address: France. email: [email protected]

Amy Lathrop

Contribution: updates on megophryid taxononomy and systematics (vers. 2.1–2.21).

Address: Center for Biodiversity and Conservation/Department of Herpetology, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada. email address: amyl AT rom.on.ca

Esteban O. Lavilla

Contribution: extensive review and correction of sections of former "Leptodactylidae" (vers. 2.21); subsequently helped with serious nomenclatural issues (vers. 5.4–5.5).

Address: Instituto Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 205, Tucumán 4000, Argentina. email address: lavilla AT tucbbs.com.ar

Jean-Pierre Lebel

Contribution: numerous technical corrections of spelling, pagination, and authorities (vers. 6.0, 2017)

Address: Quebec, Canada. email: [email protected]

Address:

Edgar Lehr

Contribution: correction of museum acronym and address and review of Telmatobius section (vers. 4.0–5.0); spelling corrections in Rhinella (vers. 5.5).

Address: Department of Biology, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois 61701, USA. email address: elehr AT iwu.edu

Emily Moriarty Lemmon

Contribution: corrections in Pseudacris (vers. 2.21).

Address: Department of Biology, Biomedical Research Facility, 213 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA (formerly: Section of Integrative Biology and Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1064, USA.) email address: chorusfrog AT bio.fsu.edu

Li Cheng

Contribution: literature updates for Chinese species (vers. 2.1).

Address: Department of Herpetology,
Chengdu Institute of Biology, Academia Sinica, PO Box 416, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China.

Rodrigo Lingnau

Contribution: distributional updates for Brazilian frogs (vers. 3.0, 5.5, 6.0).

Address: Departamento de Biologia Geral/ICB/UFG, Caixa Postal 131, 74001-970, Goiânia, GO, Brazil. email address: lingnau AT superig.com.br

Karen Lips

Contribution: help with recent literature access (vers. 6.0, Dec. 2018).

Address: Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20764. email: klips AT umd.edu

Spartak Litvinchuk

Contribution: literature access (vers. 5.3)

Address: Department of Evolutionary cytoecology Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences Tikhoretsky Pr., 4 St. Petersburg 194064 Russia. email: slitvinchuk AT yahoo.com

Stefan Lötters

Contribution: access to recent literature (vers. 4.0–5.2).

Address: Mainz University, Institute of Zoology, Saarstrasse 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany. email address: loetters AT uni-mainz.de

Gerard Lovell

Contribution: completion of citation to synonymy of Pseudohemisiinae (Scaphiophryninae, Microhylidae) (vers. 6.0)

Address: Computing and Information Technology, Unitec New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand. email address: glovell AT unitec.ac.nz

Robert Lovich

Contribution: correction of range of Rana draytonii (vers. 5.1).

Address: Naval Facilities Engineering Command SW, Central Integrate Product Team, 1220 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92132. USA. email address: robert.lovich AT navy.mil

Jennifer Luedtke

Contribution: many corrections of spelling, consistency, and accuracy (vers. 6.0, 6.1).

Address: IUCN Red List Authority, 7-9 North Parade Building, Bath, BA1 1NS, United Kingdom. email: jennifer.luedtke AT iucn. org

Mikael Lundberg

Contribution: correction of the type localities and other issues in synonymies of South American frog as well as the range of Boana gladiator (vers. 5.6–6.0).

Address: Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Germany. mikael.ml.lundberg AT skanska.se

Rafael Félix de Magalhães

Contribution: corrections and addition of relevant literature for species of Bokermannohyla, Pithecopus, and Odontophrynus (vers. 6.0).

Address: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CEP 31270901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil email: rafaelfelixm AT gmail.com

Raul Maneyro

Contribution: range revisions and corrections of Uruguayan species (vers. 2.1).

Address: Seccion Zoología Vertebrados de la Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay. email address: rmaneyro AT fcien.edu.uy

Lucas Borges Martins

Contribution: Literature updates on Proceratophrys species (vers. 5.5).

Adddress: Universidade de São Paulo, Depto. de Biologia da FFCLRP. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil. email address: lucasborgesmartins AT hotmail.com

Masafumi Matsui

Contributed: literature updates on megophryids and Bufo kangi (vers. 2.20, 3.0).

Address: Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. email address: fumi AT zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Joanna Mazgajska

Contributed: range correction for Lissotriton helveticus (vers. 4.0).

Address: Warsaw, Poland. email address: j.mazgajska AT fotografie.waw.pl

David S. McLeod

Contributed: error correction in Occidozyga (vers. 6.0).

Address: Department of Biology, James Madison University,, 951 Carrier Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. email: [email protected]

Roy W. McDiarmid

Contribution: general updates and frequent discussions on nomenclature and systematics (vers. 2.0–4.0, 5.3–6.0).

Address: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. email address: McDiarmidr AT si.edu

Robert J. Meese

Contribution: coordination with the Man and Biosphere (MAB) Species Databases (vers. 2.1).

Address: Information Center for the Environment, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616. email address: rjmeese AT ucdavis.edu

Danny Meirte

Contribution: correction of comments and synonymy of Hyperolius adspersus (vers. 6.0, June 2014).

Address: Royal Museum for Central Africa, Department of African Biology, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. Email: danny.meirte AT africanmuseum.be

Joseph R. Mendelson, III

Contribution: discussions of bufonid systematics (vers. 5.2)

Address: Zoo Atlanta, 800 Cherokee Avenue SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30315-1440 USA. email address: jmendelson AT zooatlanta.org

Marcelo Menin

Contribution: literature updates for Brazilian range extensions (vers. 3.0).

Address: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, 69011-970 Manaus - AM, Brazil. email address: menin AT inpa.gov.br

Danny Meirte

Contribution: Help with literature regarding Ptychadena boettgeri (vers. 4.0).

Address: Royal Museum for Central Africa, Department of African Zoology, Vertebrate Section, Leuvensesteenweb 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium. email address: danny.meirte AT africamuseum.be

Hou Mian

Contribution: help with access to Chinese literature (vers. 5.2–5.3).

Address: Laborary of Evolution and Biodiversity in Liaoning, and Centerl for Chinese Endemic Herp-breeding and Conservation Research, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China. email: turtlechina AT 126.com

Victor R. Morales

Contribution: literature updates regarding Dendrobatidae (vers. 2.21).

Address: Museo de Historia Natural/Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Apartado Postal 18-01, Av. Benavides 5440, Las Gardenias, Surco, Lima 33, Peru (formerly: Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2258, USA.) email address: victor9901 AT yahoo.com

Julio Cesar de Moura-Leite

Contribution: miscellaneous corrections (vers. 3.0).

Address: Museu de Historia Natural Capao da Imbuia, Rua Prof. Benedito Conceicao 407, 82810-080 Curitiba, Parana, Brasil. email address: mleit AT uol.com.br

Robert Murphy

Contribution: providing considerable access to Chinese literature (vers. 3.0-4.0).

Addres: Center for Biodiversity and Conservation/Department of Herpetology, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON M5S
2C6, Canada. email address: drbob AT rom.on.ca

Charles W. Myers

Contribution: access to and consultation regarding older literature (vers. 2.21–4.0).

Addres: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. email address: myers AT amnh.org

Darren Naish

Contribution: error correction to comment under Didynamipus (Bufonidae).

Address: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, University of Southampton, UK. email address: [email protected]

David Nicolson

Contribution: coordination with Integrated Taxonomic Information System and substantial error correction (vers. 2.20–6.0).

Address: Integrated Taxonomic Information System, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NHB, CE-110, MRC 180, Washington, DC 20013-7012. email address: Nicolsond AT SI.EDU

Andreas Nöllert

Contribution: correction to Lissotriton montandoni record (vers. 5.4); provision of relevant European literature and corrections of various Brazilian records (vers. 6.0).

Address: Jena, Germany. email address: andreas.noellert AT googlemail.com

Gabriel Novaes e Fagundes

Contribution: literature correction in comments under Phyllodytes, Scinax, and Ololygon (Hylidae) (vers. 6.0)

address: Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Bahia, Brasil.

email: gnovaesefagundes AT gmail.com

Ivan Nunes

Contribution: comments on ranges and taxonomy of Brazilian frogs (vers. 5.6, 6.0).

Address: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Departamento de Vertebrados. 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Email address: ivan.nunes AT yahoo.com.br

Ryan P. O'Donnell

Contribution: correction to the distribution statement of Rana cascadae (vers. 5.0).

Address: Department of Biology and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84321. email address: ryan AT biology.usu.edu

Annemarie Ohler

Contribution: corrections to various dicroglossid, ranid, megophryid, craugastorid, and Mantidactylus records, and literature correction (vers. 2.21–6.0).

Address: Laboratoire des Reptiles et Amphibiens, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 25 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. email address: ohler AT mnhn.fr

Victor Goyannes Dill Orrico

Contribution: correction to the type locality of Hypsiboas atlanticus and original spelling of Hylella parabambae (vers. 5.4) and error correction in Aplastodiscus comment.

Address: UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Av. 24-A, num 744, Bela Vista, Departamento de Zoologia, I.B.; Cx. P. 199, CEP: 13506-900 - Rio Claro, SP - Brasil. email: victordill AT gmail.com

Jhon Jairo Ospina Sarria

Contribution: error correction of Colombian Craugastor (Craugastoridae) (vers. 5.5, 6.0).

Address: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, trav. 14, nº 101, sala 137, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brasil, 05508-090. email: [email protected]

Hidetoshi Ota

Contribution: help with Japanese literature (vers. 3.0); corrected range statements for Japan for Polypedates species.

Address: Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo, and Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Yayoigaoka 6, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1546, Japan. email address: ota AT sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

Dmitri Ouboter

Contribution: Correction to Leptodactylus taxonomy affecting Surinam (vers. 6.0).

Address: Amsterdam, Netherlands. email: [email protected]

José M. Padial

Contribution: corrections to Strabomantidae and access to literature (vers. 5.0–5.5).

Address: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. email address: jose.m.padial AT gmail.com.

Michael Patrikeev

Contribution: correction of the range of Ischnocnema holti (vers. 6.0).

Address: Bruce Peninsula National Park, PO Box 189, 248 Big Tub Road, Tobermory, Ontario N0H 2R0 Canada. Email: mpatrikeev AT hotmail.com

Jonas Pederassi

Contribution: literature on calls of frogs in central Brazil; correction of the range of Phyllomedusa nordestina and corrections to generic content of phyllomedusines (vers. 6.0).

Address: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Departamento de Vertebrados, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristovão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Email: jonaspederassi AT yahoo.com.br

Martin Pereyra

Contribution: correction in Excidobates (Dendrobatidae), Oreobates and Lynchius (Craugastoridae), and Paratelmatobiinae (Leptodactylidae) (vers. 6.0); corrections to Dendrophyniscus comments (vers. 6.1); correction to range of Rhinella sternosignata (Bufonidae) (vers. 6.2).

Address: CONICET - Agencia INTA General Acha
Avellaneda 530 (8200), General Acha, La Pampa, Argentinaa. email: mopereyra AT gmail.com

Jean-Luc Perret

Contribution: corrections for Petropedetidae synonymies (vers. 2.0).

Address: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Route de Malagnou, Case Postale 434, 1211 Geneve 6, Switzerland.

Alan P. Peterson

Contribution: extensive error correction and improved bibliographic consistency (vers. 2.20-3.0).

Address: POB 1999, Walla Walla, WA 99362, USA. email address: alanpp AT bmi.net

Paulo Durães P. Pinheiro

Contribution: correction of Boana ornatissima (Hylidae) record (vers. 6.0)

Address: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, CEP 13506900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. email: pdp.pinheiro AT gmail.com

José Pombal, Jr.

Contribution: reviewed Brazilian Hylidae and former "Leptodactylidae" (vers. 2.0-2.1); extensive correction of Brachycephalus records (vers. 5.5); useful discussion of nomenclature of Crossodactylus species (vers. 6.0), correction of Scinax dolloi, Ololygon caissara, and Physalameus caete (vers. 6.0).

Address: Museu Nacional, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. email address: pombal AT acd.ufrj.br

Ho-Ling Poon

Contribution: translations of Chinese descriptions (vers. 5.3).

Address: Center for Biodiveristy and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. email: holing AT amnh.org

Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Jr.

Address: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Biological faculty, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Leninskiye Gory, Moscow, GSP-1, 119991, Russia. email: n.poyarkov AT gmail.com

Jennifer B. Pramuk

Contribution: corrections in Bufonidae (vers. 2.21) and discussions of bufonid taxonomy (vers. 5.2-5.3).

Address: Bronx Zoo, Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10460 USA. email address: jPramuk AT wcs.org

Alexander Pyron

Contribution: Correction of the original authorship of Proteus tetradactylus (= Necturus maculosus) and correction of the registration of the holotype of Desmognathus planiceps (Plethodontidae); enlightenment regarding the nomenclature of various species of Desmognathus (vers. 6.0); discussions on plethodontid systematics (6.1).

Address: Department of Biological Sciences. Science and Engineering Hall, 800 22nd St. NW, Suite 6000, Washington, DC 20052. email: [email protected].

Tianyu Qian

Contribution: corrections in comments under Leptobrachella wulingensis (Megophryidae) record (vers. 6.1); a number of corrections in the comments to literature for Arthroleptis affinis, A. nguruensis, and Leptopelis rugosus (Arthroleptidae), Allophryne resplendens (Allophrynidae), Eleutherodactylus limbatus, E. limensis, E. modestus, E. saxatilis, E. nebulosus, E. wixarika (Eleutherodactylidae), Atelopus spumarius (Bufonidae), Brachytarsophrys carinense (Megophryidae), and Amolops torrentis (Ranidae).

Address: Institute of Wildlife Conservation, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China. email: tyqian AT outlook.com;

Carolina Reyes-Puig

Contribution: spelling errors in the Pristimantis cisnerosi (Craugastoridae) record.

Address: Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Quito, Ecuador. email: [email protected]

Alexander Pyron

Contribution: Extensive help with nomenclature, ranges, and literature (vers. 6.1-6.2).

Address:

Jean Raffaelli

Contribution: Substantial corrections and help with salamander literature (vers. 6.1).

Address: 41 Penclen, 56420 Plumelec, France. email: [email protected].

David Paul Reddy

Contribution: the original SQL database, concatenation software, and user interface (vers. 2.0-2.2).

Address: Radio-Logic Inc., PO Box 9665, New Haven, CT 06536, USA. email address: reddy AT radio-logic.com

Alan Resetar

Contribution: corrections regarding FMNH types and Asian species (vers. 2.2).

Address: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA. email address: aresetar AT fieldmuseum.org

Mark-Oliver Rödel

Contribution: corrections in Phrynobatrachus (vers. 5.3).

Address: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. email: Mo.Roedel AT MUSEUM.HU-Berlin.de

Stephen P. Rogers

Contribution: correction of the catalogue number of the type of Rana philippinensis (vers. 5.0).

Address: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. email address: RogersS AT CarnegieMNH.org

Knut Rognes

Contribution: correction of literature citations relevant to Chiromantis (Rhacophoridae) (vers. 6.0).

Address: University of Stavanger, Oslo, Norway. knut AT rognes.no

María Alejandra Rojas Rivera

Contribution: distribution corrections for Colombia (vers. 5.3).

Address: Grupo Herpetológico de Antioquia GHA (Sede Caldas), Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Caldas (Manizales, Colombia). email: alejandra.rojasrivera AT gmail.com

Robert Rolan

Contribution: correction of Cynops ensicauda statement of distribution (vers. 3.0).

Address: Willoughby Hills, Ohio, USA. email address: brolan AT pop.raex.com

Santiago R. Ron

Contribution: corrections to range of Dendropsophus parviceps and its registration number (vers. 6.0 [12 Feb 2014]) as well as correciton of the range of Agalychnis psilopygion (ver. 6.0, 12 May 2013).

Address: Museo de Zoología - Escuela de Biología, Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre y Veintimilla, Quito, Ecuador. Email: Santiago.r.ron AT gmail.com.

Kathryn Ronnenberg

Contribution: spelling correction the Atelopus barbotini and Dendrophryniscus krausae accounts (vers. 5.5)

Address: Land and Watershed Management, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA. email address: kronnenberg AT fs.fed.us

Jodi Rowley

Contribution: Access to literature of frogs of Southeast Asia and Australia, as well as very helpful discussions on systematic and sociological topics (vers. 6.0-6.1).

Address: Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum Research Institute, 1 William Street, Sydney NSW 2010 Australia. email: Jodi.Rowley AT austmus.gov.au

Alfredo Salvador

Contribution: correction of MNCN address (vers. 3.0).

Address: Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. email address: mcnas500 AT mncn.csic.es

Marcus Thadeu Teixeira Santos

Contribution: corrections to Crossodactylodes accounts (vers. 6.1).

Address: Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil. email: mthadeusantos AT gmail.com

Christina Saylor

Contribution: extensive error correction and library support (vers. 3.0).

Address: New York, USA (formerly: Office of the Associate Dean of Science, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA.)

Mark D. Scherz

Contribution: substantial help with Hylarana (Ranidae) and species of Madagascar (vers. 6.0–6.2)

Address: Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen. Email address: [email protected]

Arne Schiøtz

Contribution: corrections for, and review of, Hyperoliidae and Chiromantis (Rhacophoridae) (vers. 2.1) and literature access (vers. 5.0-5.2).

Address: Humlehaven 2, Atterup, Grevinge, DK-4571 Denmark.

Benedikt Schmidt

Contribution: error correction in Bombina (vers. 6.0 Sept. 8, 2014).

Address: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. email: benedikt.schmidt AT ieu.uzh.ch

Jirka Schmidt

Contribution: error correction in Anomaloglossus, Craugastor, Microhyla, and Thoropa (vers. 5.3).

Address: Dr. Scheider-Strasse 32, 01589 Riesa, Germany. email: Jirka.Schmidt AT t-online.de

Josef Schmidtler

Contribution: help with salamandrid nomenclature (vers. 5.3).

Address: Overföhringer Str. 35, 81925 München, Germany. email: josef.schmidtler AT gmx.de

Katja Schulz

Contribution: very helpful discussions on strategies and techniques to coordinate ASW/ITIS/EoL (vers. 6.0).

Address: Research Informatics Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012
MRC 106, Washington, DC 20013. email: [email protected]

Mario Schwieger

Contribution: correction of the citation to the original publication of Triturus alpestris winterli (Salamandridae) and corrections to Lyciasalamandra records (vers. 6.0).

Address: office AT vipersgarden.at

Greg Schneider

Contribution: correction of type locality of Amolops nepalicus (Ranidae) (vers. 3.0).

Address: Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079, USA. email address: ges AT umich.edu

Norman Scott

Contribution: corrections regarding Paraguayan species (vers. 2.21)

Address: 3655 Lindquist Lane, P.O. Box 307, Creston, California 93432. USA. email address: reptile AT tcsn.net

Glenn Shea

Contribution: nomenclatural correction of Opisthodon, replacement by Platyplectrum (vers. 5.2).

Address: Faculty of Veterinary Science B01, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. email: gshea AT mail.usyd.edu.au

Sam Shonleben

Contribution: correction of range of Barbourula kalimantanensis (vers. 5.4)

AddressL 132 Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London, SW15 1LN, UK. email: mrkodik AT hotmail.co.uk

Helio da Silva

Contribution: updates for Brazilian Hylidae and literature updates (vers. 2.1-4.0); correction of authorship of Scinax humilis (vers. 5.5); literature correction for various Brazilian species (vers. 6.0).

Address: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, DBA, CEP 23890-000, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. email address: helio AT ufrrj.br

Dawn Skala

Contribution: library support (vers. 4.0-5.3).

Address: Office of the Associate Dean of Science for Collections, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024. email: skala AT amnh.org

Max Sparreboom

Contribution: error correction in Salamandridae (vers. 5.5, 6.0 [23 Feb 2014]).

Address: Reptiles and Amphibians, Naturalis, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. email address: m-c-sparreboom AT hetnet.nl

Jeroen Speybroeck

Contribution: corrections for distributions in Belgium and Corsica (vers. 3.0).

Address: Ghent University, Science Faculty, Biology Department - Marine Biology Section, Krijgslaan 281 - S8 B-9000 Gent, Belgium. email address: Jeroen.Speybroeck AT UGent.be

Bryan L. Stuart

Contribution: corrections in Laos records (vers. 5.0), access to literature (vers. 5.2-5.3), and literature access, help with megophryid systematics, and general error correction for Southeast Asia (vers. 6.0).

Address: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street | Raleigh NC 27601 USA (formerly Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA). email address: bryan.stuart AT naturalsciences.org

Simon N. Stuart

Contribution: corrections in Bufo (sensu lato; Bufonidae), Ptychadena (Ptychadenidae) and Hemisus (Hemisotidae) (vers. 3.0); ongoing exchange of information (vers. 5.0-5.3).

Address: IUCN-SSC, 7-9 North Parade Building, Bath, BA1 1NS, United Kingdom. email: simon.stuart AT iucn. org

Jeet Sukumaran

Contribution: links to "Frogs of the Malay Peninsula" http://frogweb.org/(vers. 2.21).

Address: Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045. email address: jeetsukumaran AT frogweb.org

John Sullivan

Contribution: corrections to misleading statements and misspelling (vers. 6.2)

Address: NCBI/NLM/NIH, 45 Center Drive, MSC 6510, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD, 20894, USA. email: [email protected]

Frederick B. Swengel

Contribution: correction of type localities for Phrynobatrachus elberti, P. nanus, and P. pygmaeus (vers. 4.0).

Address: 425 South Warwick Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105, USA. Email address: fbswengel AT yahoo.com

Travis Taggart

Contribution: Provided old literature relevant to Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Cryptobranchidae) record (3 June 2014)

Address: Office of Technology Services, Fort Hays State University, Fort Hays, Kansas, USA 67601

Matthew Tarr

Contribution: Substantial digital support, digital architect in charge of design of the eZPublish database in concert with contractors in 2012 (vers. 6.0-6.1).

Address: Communications, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024. email: [email protected]

Pedro P. G. Taucce

Contribution: extensive corrections to the Ischnocnema (Brachycephalidae) accounts (vers. 6.0, 16 July 2019).

Address: Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, Jacarezário, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bairro Bela Vista, Rio Claro - SP CEP 13506-900. email: pedrotaucce AT gmail.com

Kenneth Tighe

Contribution: error correction in Caudata and Gymnophiona (vers. 5.3)

Address: Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20460. email: TIGHEK AT si.edu

Stephen Tilley

Contribution: help with Desmognathus systematics and nomenclature (vers. 2.20, 5.2).

Address: Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Science Center, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
01063, USA. email address: stilley AT email.smith.edu

Luís Felipe de Toledo

Contribution: Literature update (vers. 3.0).

Address: Laboratory of Herpetology, Department of Zoology, UNESP—Rio Claro, SP—Brazil—cp. 199, CEP 13506-000. email address: toledolf AT hotmail.com

Cristian Tomatis

Contribution: corrections to Argentianian Physalaemus distributions (vers. 5.0, 5.2) and corrections to Cycloramphidae account (vers. 5.3).

Address: Grupo de Investigación en Filogenias Moleculares y Filogeografía. FCEyN - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina. email address: gtomatis AT gmail.com

T'Shaka Touré

Contribution: general updates and access to literature (vers. 2.0-2.1).

Address: Western Ecological Research Center , San Diego Field Station, Irvine Office, 2883 Irvine Blvd, Irvine, CA 92602, USA. (formerly Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA.) email address: ttoure AT usgs.gov

Thomas J. Trombone

Contribution: error correction (vers. 2.0-2.20).

Address: Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Ornithology), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA. email address: trombone AT amnh.org

Monique Van Sluys

Contribution: correction of distribution for some Brazilian species (vers. 3.0).

Address: Ecologia, IBRAG, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. email address: vansluys AT uerj.br

Michael Veith

Contribution: review of Lyciasalamandra and Mertensiella sections (vers. 4.0).

Address: Institüt fur Zoologie, Universität Mainz, Saarstrasse 21, D-55099 Mainz, Germany. Email: mveith AT univ-mainz.de

Álvaro Andrés Velásquez

Contribution:error correction in Tepuihyla (vers. 5.3).

Address: Conservación Internacional-Colombia, Carrera 13 No. 71 - 41, Bogotá, Colombia. email: alvaro.andres.velasquez AT gmail.com

Miguel Vences

Contribution: nomenclatural help with Discoglossus nomenclature and access to literature (vers. 3.0-5.3)

Address: Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 8, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. email address: m.vences AT tu-bs.de

Alberto Venchi

Contribution: correction to geographic searching (vers. 6, June 8 2014); correction of information associated with Hylarana nebulosus (a synonym of Papurana daemeli) (vers. 6, 25 May 2017); correction of range of Lyciasalamander luschani (18 Jan 2024).

Address formerly: c/o Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, via S. Francesco di Sales 88, I-10022 Carmagnola, Italy. Now: Australian Biological Resources Study, Parks Island and Biodiversity Science Branch, Parks Australia Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, GPO Box 787, Canberra, ACT, 2601 Australia. mail: venchius AT gmail.com

Domenico Verducci

Contribution: corrections in the ranges of Italian Rana (vers. 5.5) and Bufotes boulengeri (vers. 6.0).

Address: WWF Lucca, Via Don Minzoni, 300, 55100 Lucca, Italy. email address: domenico.verducci AT interno.it

Kleber S. Vieira

Contribution: literature regarding range of Leptodactylus caatingae (vers. 6.0 [10 Mar 2014]).

Address: Depto. Sistemática e Ecologia/Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Animal, Universidade Federal da Paraíba - Brasil. email address: ksvieira04 AT yahoo.com.br

Philippe Vigneau

Contribution: correction of critical literature citations in Pseudophilautus (vers. 5.5) and Paedophryne, Leptolalax, and Sanguirana (vers. 6.0).

Address: . email address: philippe.vigneau AT etat.ge.ch

Jaime Villacampa

Contribution: substantial corrections related to the species of Peru (vers. 6.0).

Address: Manu, Peru. jaime.villacampa AT hotmail.com

David B. Wake (deceased)

Contribution: corrections to parts of the Caudata section, ongoing exchange of information, access to literature, and miscellaneous corrections in other sections as well (vers. 2.0-5.0, 5.3-6.0).

Address: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. email address: wakelab AT uclink.berkeley.edu

Priya Warekar

Contribution: correction of type locality Fejervarya mysorensis (Dicroglossidae) (vers. 6.0, 4 Sept. 2015)

Address: Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Dr. Salim Ali Chowk, Colaba, Shahid Bhagat Singh Rd, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001, India. email: priya.warekar AT gmail.com

Nina Wetzell

Contribution: Review of the Hyla chrysoscelis and Hyla versicolor accounts (vers. 5.4)

Address: (Formerly) Department of Education, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024.

Sheng-Hai Wu

Contribution: access to literature and corretion to range of Rana sauteri (vers. 3.0).

Address: Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, 145 Xingda Road
Taichung, Taiwan 402, Rep. China. email: [email protected]

Urs Wüest

Contribution: correction of some NHMB type designation (vers. 3.0).

Address: Sammlungsverwalter (Zoologie), Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland. email address: Urs.Wueest AT bs.ch

Addison Wynn

Contribution: partial review of North American Plethodontidae (vers. 2.1-2.20).

Address: Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. email address: Wynna AT si.edu

Xie Feng

Contribution: help on translation of Protohynobius puxiongensis description and discussion of megophryid systematics (vers. 3.0).

Address: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science. No. 9, 4th Block, Renminnan Road, Chengdu 610041, China.

Keith Youngs

Contribution: spelling correction in the Sclerophrys dodsoni (Bufondae) record (vers. 6.1)

Address: Email: keithyoungs AT gmail.com

Zhang Peng

Contribution: help with museum codes (vers. 5.1).

Address: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. email address: alarzhang AT berkeley.edu

Zhao Ermi (deceased)

Contribution: help in accessing Chinese literature (vers. 3.0-5.3).

Address: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science. No. 9, 4th Block, Renminnan Road, Chengdu 610041, China. email address: zhaoermi AT cib.ac.cn

Dan Zimberlin

Contribution: error correction (vers. 6.0)

Address: email: zimberlin AT hotmail.com

George Zug

Contribution: literature updates on Southeast Asia (vers.2.21).

Address: Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. email address:
Zug.George AT nmnh.si.edu