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Ginkgo leaf fossil

anglerfish

Ocean spray, Holodiscus discolor

Pelt lichen, Peltigera sp.

Haida bird mask

Maori flax basket

Gateway, Maori

Ivory seal carving

Holding a specimen at Bug Blast

Swainson's thrush eggs

Sauropod egg nest

Porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum

Peruvian textile

Cedar-root basket

Halibut fish hook

Photo by Gregory C. Jensen

pink fairies

Water lizard fossil

Skull of Probactrosaurus gobiensis

Blue-eyed Mary, Collinsia parviflora

Northwest Coast drum

Australian jumping spider

Trilobites

Tlingit chief's pipe

Columbia River petroglyph

Korean alphabet

Striped whipsnake, Masticophis taeniatus

Eskimo doll

Filipino skirt

Links

Amphibian Resources

For distribution maps of Washington reptiles, see Washington Gap Analysis.
For a great key to identifying tadpoles, see Tadpoles of the United States and Canada: A Tutorial and Key.
Amphibia Web at the University of California, Berkeley—an excellent resource for amphibian biology and conservation
Online taxonomic reference of Amphibian Species of the World at the American Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution's bibliography on the biology of amphibians and reptiles
The Tree of Life phylogeny of living amphibians.

Reptile Resources

For distribution maps of Washington reptiles, see Washington Gap Analysis.
The Smithsonian Institution's Bibliography on the biology of amphibians and reptiles
The Tree of Life phylogeny of reptiles.
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory at Heidelberg maintains the comprehensive EMBL Reptile Database.

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