Introduction -- Amphibian diversity and natural history: an overview -- Essentials of standardization and quantification -- Research design for quantitative amphibian studies -- Keys to a successful project: associated data and planning -- Standard techniques for inventory and monitoring -- Supplemental approaches to studying amphibian biodiversity -- Estimating population size -- Analysis of amphibian biodiversity data -- Conclusion and recommendati ons -- Handling live amphibians -- Techniques for marking amphibians -- Recording frog calls -- Preparing amphibians as scientific specimens -- Collecting tissue for biochemical analysis -- Vendors -- Table of random numbers