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EN Who can take part?
Participation to the Citizen Science Award 2025 Project „AmphiBiom - Amphibien erlauschen und Arten schützen!“ is open to school classes or youth groups as well as families and private individuals aged 18 and over (for children - if participation does not take place through a school class/youth group, registration is carried out by the representative parent/guardian). The prerequisite for participation is a one-time registration via our registration form and the creation of an account in the mobile application “AmphiApp”. If you already have an existing account in “AmphiApp” (or in one of the following apps: e.g. Roadkill, Naturkalender, KraMobil), it is NOT necessary to create a new account. Please only add any personal data that may still be required (e.g. date of birth) and provide us with your existing username.
By registering, you also confirm that you have read and accepted these conditions for participation.
How can you take part?
An account in “AmphiApp” is a prerequisite for participation. Please also enter “CSA” in the “Optional: Can you tell us more about your observation?” field for each record you would like to have considered for the Citizen Science Award. We need this information so that we can extract and evaluate your records via the data export.
If students are recording on their own for the CSA and make records for the class account, we recommend that they also enter an abbreviation of their name or, for example, their class number in the field “Optional: Can you tell us more about your observation?” This makes it easier for us to inquire about the spot if necessary. For data protection reasons, please do not use your full name, as the records are publicly visible.
For each record, you can upload an audio recording and must provide a photo of the calling amphibian or its habitat via the “AmphiApp”. If the animal is not visible, a photo of the location/water body is also sufficient. Both audio recordings and photos can be recorded simultaneously via the “AmphiApp”.
Please only upload audio recordings and photos for which you own the copyright. Make sure that there are no people in your photos. We will only accept your original audio recordings and photos. We reserve the right to remove records that do not comply with the regulations described here. We retain the right to make final decisions in regards to the validity of records that we deem unacceptable. Participants who violate the terms of participation may be excluded from the CSA project AmphiBiom per our discretion.
Which records will be considered for the Citizen Science Award?
Only submit records of amphibian calls that you overheard in nature or in the city during the project period of April 1 – July 31, 2025, in Austria. Records of amphibian calls recorded outside this period will not be considered for the Citizen Science Award. Please DO NOT record amphibian calls from animals kept in (your own) terrariums or amphibians in zoos or zoological gardens.
Please make your observations based on our "Observation tips & instructions for data entry". If several calling amphibian species are reported in one record, only one record will be counted. Multiple records of the same species at the same location/on the same body of water within one week will not be counted for the CSA.
Closing date:
The last day for recording amphibian calls for the Citizen Science Award is July 31, 2025.
Contact:
By confirming the conditions of participation, you agree to be informed by the project team via the “AmphiApp” and by e-mail about current events concerning the project „AmphiBiom - Amphibien erlauschen und Arten schützen!“. If you have any questions, please contact us at
