Here we suggest websites with further information regarding Austrian amphibians and reptiles:

  • The Austrian Society for Herpetology (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Herpetologie; ÖGH) is a non-profit organization whose members promote all areas of herpetology. ÖGH supports scientific research and is actively involved in the protection of amphibians and reptiles and their habitats.
    • ÖGH-Aktuell is the information journal of the ÖGH that reports on events and projects of the Society, publishes herpetological articles in German and contains the reports of the Secretary General and Treasurer.
    • Herpetozoa is an open-access scientific journal of the ÖGH dedicated to all branches of herpetology.
  • Herpetofauna.at: The Austrian Amphibians & Reptiles provides Information on all the Austrian amphibians and reptiles, including descriptions, images, and distribution maps.

  • The Herpetological Collection at The Natural History Museum Vienna is one of the most important collections in Europe. More than 200,000 animals preserved in alcohol and 7,000 dry specimens are available to researchers.

  • Project Roadkill: in this BOKU University citizen science project, you can report all vertebrate species that have been run over. The aim is to find out where in Austria which animals are run over and what the reasons for this might be.

  • On Österreich forscht you will find many different citizen-science projects from all over Austria in various subject areas. Take a look and join in!