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The EMBL Reptile Database embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/LivingReptiles.html reptiliaweb reptile-database Peter Uetz

The EMBL Reptile Database http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/LivingReptiles.html http://www.reptiliaweb.org http://www.reptile-database.org Peter Uetz previously European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg (EMBL) University of Washington, Seattle now

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The EMBL Reptile Database embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/LivingReptiles.html reptiliaweb reptile-database Peter Uetz

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  1. The EMBL Reptile Database http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/LivingReptiles.html http://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 been left out from this online version. Please visit the actual website(s) listed above and later in this file.

  2. 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)

  3. Higher Taxa in reptiles 156 amphisbaenians 23 crocodiles (0.3 %) 2% 2 tuataras (0.025 %) 295 turtles (4%) 2920 snakes (37%) 4470 lizards (57%)

  4. Higher Taxa in reptiles: families 1850 colubrids (25%) 1106 species in 47 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%)

  5. 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!

  6. EMBL database web site user stat 1996-2001 20000 18000 16000 14000 1996 1997 12000 1998 10000 hits on top page 1999 8000 2000 2001 6000 4000 2000 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 month

  7. Species distribution worldwide Uetz (2000) Herp. Rev. 31 (1): 13-15

  8. 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

  9. Iverson’s turtle database: http://bufo.geo.orst.edu/turtle/ See web site for details.

  10. Combined index to herp collections http://research.calacademy.org/herpetology/Comb_Herp_Index.html

  11. Acknowledgments: (Too) Many volunteer contributors (see online list) The Systematics Working Group (DGHT) Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

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