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

4. 389 Polychrotidae (5%) 365 Agamidae (4.6%) 280 Tropiduridae (3.5 %) 264 Lacertidae (3.3%) 239 Elapidae (3%) 237 Viperidae (3%) 215 Typhlopidae (2.7%) 182 Gymnophthalmidae (2.3%) 157 Chamaeleonidae (1.9%) 146 Amphisbaenidae (1.8%) 125 Phrynosomatidae (1.6%) 117 Teiidae (1.5%) 1106 species in 47 other families (14%) Higher Taxa in reptiles: families 1850 colubrids (25%) 1200 skinks (16%) 1000 geckoes (14%)

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 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 18000 20000 123456789101112 month hits on top page 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

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