The EMBL Reptile Database

http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/LivingReptiles.htmlhttp://www.reptiliaweb.org

http://www.reptile-database.org

Peter Uetz

previously

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg (EMBL)University of Washington, Seattle

now

Research Center Karlsruhe, Germany

Most of my original presentation consisted of screen shots. They have beenleft out from this online version. Please visit the actual website(s)

listed above and later in this file.

Vital Stats (July 2001):

7994 species ~ 60 new species per year 4700 subspecies17600 names (~2 per species) 7959 species with distribution data (99.5%) 7780 species with original references (97.3 %)

8950 references (mostly taxonomic)

295 turtles (4%)

156 amphisbaenians2%

23 crocodiles (0.3 %)

2 tuataras (0.025 %)

Higher Taxa in reptiles

4470 lizards (57%)2920 snakes (37%)

389 Polychrotidae (5%)

365 Agamidae (4.6%)

280 Tropiduridae (3.5 %)

264 Lacertidae (3.3%)

239 Elapidae (3%)

237 Viperidae (3%)

215 Typhlopidae (2.7%)

182 Gymnophthalmidae (2.3%)157 Chamaeleonidae (1.9%)146 Amphisbaenidae (1.8%)

125 Phrynosomatidae (1.6%)117 Teiidae (1.5%)

1106 species in 47other families (14%)

Higher Taxa in reptiles: families

1850 colubrids (25%)

1200 skinks (16%)

1000 geckoes (14%)

Classical papers as full text (pdf) files:

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1841-1899 (127 papers, ~ 800 pages), online.

Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London 1838-1899 (~400 papers), not online yet.

1269 species entries (15%) reference one of these papers!

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Species distribution worldwide

Uetz (2000) Herp. Rev. 31 (1): 13-15

Other projects:

Online: Iverson’s turtle database

Collections online: Combined index to herp collections: URL:

Published atlases: to some extent/being worked on: North America Africa Caribbean Asia Europe South/Middle America Australia

Iverson’s turtle database:

http://bufo.geo.orst.edu/turtle/

See web site for details.

Combined index to herp collections

http://research.calacademy.org/herpetology/Comb_Herp_Index.html

Acknowledgments:

(Too) Many volunteer contributors (see online list)

The Systematics Working Group (DGHT)

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles