The EMBL Reptile Database

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The EMBL Reptile Database http//www.embl-heidelb
erg.de/uetz/LivingReptiles.html http//www.reptil
iaweb.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
been left out from this online version. Please
visit the actual website(s) listed above and
later in this file.
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Vital Stats (July 2001) 7994 species 60
new species per year 4700 subspecies 17600
names (2 per species) 7959 species with
distribution data (99.5) 7780 species with
original references (97.3 ) 8950 references
(mostly taxonomic)
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Higher Taxa in reptiles
156 amphisbaenians
23 crocodiles (0.3 )
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2 tuataras (0.025 )
295 turtles (4)
2920 snakes (37)
4470 lizards (57)
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Higher Taxa in reptiles families
1106 species in 47
1850 colubrids (25)
other families (14)
117 Teiidae (1.5)
125 Phrynosomatidae (1.6)
146 Amphisbaenidae (1.8)
157 Chamaeleonidae (1.9)
182 Gymnophthalmidae (2.3)
215 Typhlopidae (2.7)
1200 skinks (16)
237 Viperidae (3)
239 Elapidae (3)
264 Lacertidae (3.3)
280 Tropiduridae (3.5 )
365 Agamidae (4.6)
1000 geckoes (14)
389 Polychrotidae (5)
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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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EMBL database web site user stat 1996-2001
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Species distribution worldwide
Uetz (2000) Herp. Rev. 31 (1) 13-15
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Other projects Online Iversons 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
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Iversons turtle database http//bufo.geo.orst.
edu/turtle/ See web site for details.
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Combined index to herp collections
http//research.calacademy.org/herpetology/Comb_He
rp_Index.html
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Acknowledgments (Too) Many volunteer
contributors (see online list) The Systematics
Working Group (DGHT) Society for the Study of
Amphibians and Reptiles