Acknowledgements
This website combines the work of many people and organizations. The board of
directors of CARCNET/RÉCCAR would like to express thanks to all of them.
Financial Support:The Canadian Biodiversity Convention Office and the
Environment Canada Ecological Monitoring Coordinating Office
Photography: Joël Bonin, Jacques Brisson, David Green, John Mitchell,
Michael Oldham, Martin Ouellet, Michael Patrikeev, Larry Powell, Leah Ramsay, David
Seburn, Errol Bredin, Michael James, Stan Orchard, Kristiina Ovaska, David Rodrigue,
Pamela Rutherford, Carolyn Seburn, Jonathan Wright.Special thanks to Burrito and Darren
Boyd.
We gratefully acknowledge the following for their permission to use published
photographs or images downloaded from the World Wide Web:
Susan W. Aber,
Scott Albert,
Brad Alexander, Ryan M. Bolton, Kenneth Bonnell,
Patrick Briggs,
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Suzanne L. Collins,
Mike Cong,
Will Cook,
Tom Coy,
Michael Dorcas,
Jeremiah Easter,
William Flaxington,
James Gerholdt,
Hugh Griffith, Tom Gula, Larry Halverson,
Dr. Geoffrey Hammerson,
Gavin Hanke,
James H. Harding,
B. M. Horn, Kris Kendell,
Ursula Keuper-Bennet, Peter Bennett,
Tricia
Kimmel, L. K. Leavesley, Markael Luterra, Melissa Mann,
Adam Messer,
Brian Miller,
Brad Moon,
Gary Nafis,
Dan Nedrelo,
Natural
Resources Canada (Canadian Forest Service),
Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center,
Jeffrey Patton,
Jason Penney, John Pernetta,
Lelle Pettersson,
J. Scharosch,
Jackson Shedd, Allen B. Sheldon,
Jeroen Speybroeck,
K. W. Stewart, Henk Wallays,
John White, Bev. Wigney,
J. D. Willson,
Jonathon Wright, Ryan Young
Frog Calls:The majority of the calls were collected and graciously donated by
David Green.The Spotted Frog call is courtesy of Cliff Wallis.Carlos Davidson arranged
for access to the Red-legged Frog call (recorded by Alejandro Purgue) and the Western
Toad call (recorded by Ann and Steve Dunsky)
Distribution Map Data:Francis Cook, David Green. The reptile maps are based
primarily on Cook (1984) with revisions based on Russell and Bauer (1993), Bider and
Matte (1994) and unpublished maps of the Ontario Herpetofaunal Atlas (1998 versions).
Technical Assistance:Doug Helmer and Chris Philpotts of the North Grenville
District High School, Communications Technology Class; Fred Schueler, Biological
Checklist of the Kemptville Creek Drainage Basin; the Environment Canada Ecological
Monitoring Coordinating Office
Web Design:Chris Philpotts, David Seburn, Rose-Marie van der Hamm, Environment
Canada Ecological Monitoring Coordinating Office
Production, Design, Research and Writing:Carolyn Seburn and David Seburn
(Seburn Ecological Services)
A number of people contributed to the website by critically evaluating the species
accounts, distribution maps and other sections.For volunteering their expertise, we wish
to thank the following: Francis Cook, Fred Schueler.
Many of the photographs used in this website are from Amphibians in Decline: Canadian
Studies of a Global Problem.We thank the Society for the Study of Amphibians and
Reptiles for access to digital copies of these photographs and David Green for assistance
in contacting the photographers.
We also thank the herpetologists of Canada for their encouragement, input, and for their
research on which this website is based.Without the work of these dedicated scientists and
naturalists our understanding of these wonderful creatures would be woefully lacking.
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