The Canadian Wildlife Service, through Bruce Pauli, will be maintaining a computerized database on toxicological references on amphibians and reptiles which will be completed in mid-1996. However, ongoing contributions to the database, especially reports unavailable in journals, are needed to maintain up to date listings. If you would like to be involved with the Working Group or become a contact for information on a specific type of contaminant (eg. trace metals, acid deposition, chlorinated hydrocarbons, herbicides, insecticides, molluscicides) please contact Christine Bishop.

The Canadian Wildlife Service is compiling an electronic bibliography and database on amphibian and reptile toxicology. We are collecting data on the toxicity of environmental contaminants, and information on the experimental methods that have been used in amphibian toxicology. The database will summarize toxicity and environmental contaminant residue data for amphibians which have been published after 1988 and will contain all available data on the effects of environmental contaminants on reptiles. Data on effects of pollutants can be accessed by the type of contaminant, or species of interest.

For information on the reptile and amphibian toxicology database, or to obtain a paper copy of a Canadian Wildlife Service summary of the amphibian toxicology literature up to 1988, please contact:

Bruce Pauli, Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, National Wildlife
Research Centre, Hull, Quebec, K1A 0H3
(819) 953-2634 phone
(819) 953-6612 fax