Document of dataset 3179

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
The Reptile Database
Description in English
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. Currently there are about 9,200 species and an additional 3,200 subspecies making reptiles the largest vertebrate group after fish (~25,000 species) and birds (~10,000 species), and significantly larger than mammals (~5,000 species) or amphibians (~6,000 species). The Reptile Database provides taxonomic information for the Catalogue of Life and the Encyclopedia of Life. Our taxonomic information has also been used by GenBank and many other resources and is the only comprehensive reptile database on the web. The reptile database can be used to find all species within a certain geographic area (e.g. all snakes of Egypt). Its collection of more than 2,500 images allow users to identify a species or at least get an idea how the species or genus may look like. Nearly 25,000 references provide a guide to further information. The Reptile Database provides taxonomic information to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
Abstract in English
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. The Reptile Database provides taxonomic information to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
License
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
bibliographicCitation
Uetz, P. (ed.) (2013). The Reptile Database.
Version
1.0

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
1758-01-01

Geographical coverage

Spatial
World Waters

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Classification
Species
Taxonomy

Themes

theme
Biology
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Biology > Reptiles

Taxonomic terms

Taxon keywords
Reptilia

Ownerships

contactPoint
Peter Uetz
contactPoint
Center for the Study of Biological Complexity
contributor
Jakob Hallermann
contributor
Zoological Museum Hamburg
contributor
Peter Uetz
contributor
Center for the Study of Biological Complexity

Dataset references

related
World Register of Marine Species(had role: partially included in)

Document metadata

date created
2012-08-30
date modified
2013-04-24