Database Details : The Reptile Database
| Database Qualifiers | |
|---|---|
| Coverage: |
Global |
| Completeness: | 99% |
| Checklist confidence: |
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| Full name: | The Reptile Database UPDATED! |
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| Short name: | ReptileDB |
| Version: | Dec 2015 |
| Release date: | 2015-12-15 |
| Authors/editors: | Uetz P. & Hošek J. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Chordata - Reptilia |
| English name of the group: | Reptiles |
| Number of living species | 10,233 |
| Number of living infraspecific taxa | 3,592 |
| Number of extinct species: | 0 |
| Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: | 0 |
| Number of synonyms: | 30,299 |
| Number of common names: | 11,764 |
| Total number of names: | 55,888 |
| Abstract: | The Reptile Database is a taxonomic database that provides basic information about all living reptile species, such as turtles, snakes, lizards, and crocodiles, as well as tuataras and amphisbaenians, but does not include dinosaurs. |
| Organization: | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, USA |
| Website: |
http://www.reptile-database.org |
| Bibliographic citation: | Uetz P. & Hošek J. (2017). The Reptile Database (version Dec 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |