Full name:

EMBL Reptile Database

Short name:

EMBL Reptiles

Version:

Nov 2005

Release date:

November 2nd, 2005

Authors/editors:

P Uetz

Taxonomic coverage:

Animalia - Chordata - Reptilia

Number of species names:

8,275 accepted names; 16,647 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

4,465 accepted names; 4,111 synonyms

Number of common names:

4,578

Total number of names:

38,076

Abstract:

The EMBL Reptile database provides information on the classification of all living reptiles (not dinosaurs) by listing all species and their higher taxa such as families. The database lists all living snakes, lizards, amphisbaenians, tuataras, turtles, and crocodiles. The focus is on scientific names, synonyms, distributions and references. Within the original EMBL database there are a limited number of species accounts containing descriptions and links to external sources including pictures.

Organization:

Institut fur Genetik, Karlsruhe, Germany

Web site:

http://www.reptile-database.org