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Historical Herp Literature available from The Reptile Database: Linnaeus - Systema Naturae, Herpetological part, pages 194-229 Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1841-1899 CD-ROM Releases: Annals and Magazine of Natural History (AMNH) 1838-1899, all reptile papers, (CD-ROM 6-12/2002) Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (PANSP) 1841-1899, all reptile papers (CD-ROM 3/2001) Zoologischer Anzeiger, 1880-1905, all 127 reptile papers (CD-ROM 2008). Combined AMNH + PANSP + ZA = 639 pre-1905 papers Duméril & Bibron (1854): Érpetologie Génerale, Vol. 1 - General Herpetology, 450 pp. (CD-ROM 3/2005) Duméril & Bibron (1835): Érpetologie Génerale, Vol. 2 - Turtles, 680 pp. (CD-ROM 6/2003). Duméril & Bibron (1836): Érpetologie Génerale, Vol. 3 - Geckos, monitors, chameleons, crocodiles, 528 pp. (CD-ROM 7/2004) Duméril & Bibron (1839): Érpetologie Génerale, Vol. 4 - Agamas and iguanas, 571 pp., as PDF (CD-ROM 9/2006) Duméril & Bibron (1839): Érpetologie Génerale, Vol. 5 - Skinks, wall lizards, etc. 860 pp. (CD-ROM 3/2006) Duméril & Bibron (1844): Érpetologie Génerale, Vol. 6 - Boas, pythons, and blind snakes (CD-ROM 12/2003) Duméril & Bibron (1854): Érpetologie Génerale, Vol. 7 - Snakes, 1536 pp. (2 vols., see samples; CD-ROM 12/2002). Duméril & Bibron (1854): Érpetologie Génerale, Vol. 8 - Amphibians (to be released as an addendum in 2008). Duméril & Bibron (1854): Érpetologie Génerale, Vol. 9 - Turtles 2, iguanas 2, to be released in 2008. Order CDs online by credit card via Kagi.com (secure web site)

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• Girard, S.F. (1858) United States Exploring Expedition..., C. Sherman & Son, Philadelphia, xv, 492 pp.
• Günther, A.C.L.G. (1885-1902) Reptilia and Batrachia. Biologia Centrali-Américana. Taylor, & Francis, London, 326 pp

Publications from and on the database:

Uetz, P. (1996) Herpetologie im Internet (pdf). Elaphe 4 (3): 60-64

Uetz,P. & Etzold,T. (1996) Die EMBL-Reptiliendatenbank (pdf). Elaphe 4/96: 49-53

Uetz,P. & Etzold,T. (1996) The EMBL/EBI Reptile Database. Herpetological Review 27 (4): 174-175

Uetz,P. (2000) How many reptiles species? Herpetological Review 31 (1): 13-15

Hallermann,J., Dirksen,L. & Uetz,P. (1999) Liste der Neubeschreibungen von Reptilien des Jahres 1998, mit Nachträgen der Jahre 1996 und 1997. Elaphe 7 (1): I-VII

Hallermann,J., Schmitz,A.. Dirksen,L. & Uetz,P. (2000) Liste der Neubeschreibungen von Reptilien des Jahres 1999, mit Nachträgen der Jahre 1998 und 1997. Elaphe 8 (2): 53-61

Hallermann,J., Schmitz,A.. Dirksen,L. & Uetz,P. (2001) Liste der Neubeschreibungen von Reptilien des Jahres 2000, mit Nachträgen des Jahres 1999. Elaphe 9 (2): 40-45

The papers by Hallermann et al. provide annual lists of newly described species. All those species are also included in the EMBL Reptile Database (of course!). A cumulation of these and other species described in the 1990ies is available (see below).

Uetz,P. & Schmitz,A. (2001) Fast 1000 in 10 Jahren - ein Nachtrag zum Thema "Neue Reptilientaxa" [pdf]. Elaphe 9 (4): 51-53 [This paper gives an update on a preceding paper by Schmitz et al. that listed (almost) all species that have been described from 1990 to 1999. The updated list is available as pdf file.]

Uetz,P. (2002) Alte Bücher - neue Technik: Das Projekt "Historische Literatur" bei der EMBL-Reptiliendatenbank. Beiträge zur Literatur und Geschichte der Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde, Bd. II: 41-46

Hallermann,J. & Uetz,P. (2002) Liste der Neubeschreibungen von Reptilien des Jahres 2001, mit Nachträgen des Jahres 2000. Elaphe 10 (2): 90-96

Hallermann,J. & Uetz,P. (2004) Liste der Neubeschreibungen von Reptilien des Jahres 2002, mit Nachträgen des Jahres 2001. Elaphe 12 (2): 85-90

Hallermann,J. & Uetz,P. (2005) Liste der Neubeschreibungen von Reptilien des Jahres 2003. Elaphe 13 (2): 69-74

Uetz, P.; Goll, J. & Hallermann, J. (2007) Die TIGR-Reptiliendatenbank. Elaphe 15 (3): 16-19

Uetz, P. (2010) The original descriptions of reptiles. Zootaxa 2334: 59–68

Rasmussen AR, Murphy JC, Ompi M, Gibbons JW, Uetz P (2011) Marine Reptiles. PLoS ONE 6(11): e27373

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