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THIS MONTH IT’S THE REPTILE DATABASE

This database provides a catalogue of all living reptile species and their classification. Currently there are more than 10,000 species including another 2,800 subspecies. The database has no commercial interest and therefore depends on contributions from volunteers.

www.reptile-database.org genera Myrrophis and Gyiophis. “However, their smooth dorsal scales, relatively short tail, separate nasal scales, the unusual number of their ventral, dorsal and sub-caudal scales, and the two-lobed mating organ the hemipenis showed that these individuals belong to a distinct new species and genus,” explained herpetologist Gunther Köhler. “The species must have a very small distribution, otherwise it would have certainly been discovered earlier, as yet their ecology and population dynamics are unknown.” Prof. Dr. Gunther Köhler has already discovered and described more than 120 new species of amphibians and reptiles during his career.

Collated and written by Paul Irven.

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