Reptile Database data sets for download

Global reptile species checklists as Excel spreadsheets (larger files as ZIP archives; right-click to download)

2025

• Reptile species checklist 8 Sep 2025
• Reptile species checklist 20 May 2025
• Reptile species checklist 6 January 2025 (corrected Jan 25)

2024

• Reptile species checklist 5 September 2024 (updated version with list of available diagnoses)
• Reptile species checklist 8 August 2024
• Reptile species checklist 2 March 2024 (announced March 28)

2023

• Reptile species checklist 30 Sep 2023 (announced Oct 30)
• Reptile species checklist 15 July 2023 (JMIH edition + presentation [4.6 MB])
• Reptile species checklist 22 Apr 2023 (announced May 7)

2022

• Reptile species checklist 24 Dec 2022
• Reptile species checklist 3 Aug 2022 (corrected version v3, with 1 name removed from change list)
• Reptile species checklist 29 July 2022 (corrected version v2, with >100 corrected parentheses around authors)
• Reptile species checklist 22 July 2022
• Reptile species checklist 10 Mar 2022

2021

• Reptile species checklist 1 Nov 2021
• Reptile species checklist 23 May 2021

2020

• Reptile species checklist 14 Dec 2020
• Reptile species checklist 17 Aug 2020
• Reptile species checklist 19 Apr 2020

2019

• Reptile species checklist 19 Dec 2019
• Reptile species checklist 14 Aug 2019
• Reptile species checklist 24 April 2019

2018

• Reptile species checklist 14 Nov 2018
• Reptile species checklist 2 July 2018
• Reptile species checklist 28 Feb 2018 (this list also has a list of photos wanted)

2017

• Reptile species checklist 15 Oct 2017
• Reptile species checklist 5 May 2017

2016

• Reptile species checklist 24 Dec 2016
• Reptile species checklist 19 Aug 2016
• Reptile species checklist 15 Apr 2016

2015

• Reptile species checklist 22 Dec 2015; this file was updated 17 Jan 2016.
• Reptile species checklist 12 August 2015
• Reptile species checklist 23 March 2015

2014

• Reptile species checklist 1 Dec 2014
• Reptile species checklist 1 Aug 2014
• Reptile species checklist 28 April 2014

2013

• Reptile species checklist 8 December 2013
• Reptile species checklist 28 July 2013
• Reptile species checklist 31 March 2013

See also slightly different csv list.

List of synonyms

• Reptile Synonyms April 2023

Complete database as tab-delimited data dump (via FigShare)

• Reptile Database 2020-04
• Reptile Database 2019-04
• Reptile Database 2018-07
• Reptile Database 2017-05
• Reptile Database 2016-04
• Reptile Database 2015-03
• Reptile Database 2014-12 (December 2014)
• Reptile Database 2013-12 (December 2013)
• Reptile Database 2012-12 (December 2012)
• Reptile Database 2011-11 (November 2011)
• Reptile Database 2010-12 (December 2010)
• Reptile Database 2010-01 (January 2010)
• Reptile Database 2009-07 (July 2009)
• Reptile Database 2008-12 (December 2008)
• Reptile Database 2006-10 (Oct 2006)

More recent versions are available for academic collaborators upon request.

These downloads contain two files, one for the species database and one for the bibliography. The formats (fields) are as follows:

Species database:

• Higher taxa (family, subfamily, order etc.)
• genus
• species
• author
• year
• parentheses (Y/N for author, year combination)
• species - author - year combination
• synonyms*
• subspecies*
• common names*
• Distribution*
• comments*
• Types*
• Links*
• Reference numbers*

Bibliography file:

• Reference number (this links to the Reference numbers in the taxonomy file)
  
• author
• year
• Title
• Source
• URL

*these fields may have multiple lines (line feeds)

Data and photos wanted!

Our latest downloadable checklist (see above) includes a list of photos that we have (or don't have).

Please let us know if you have photos of any of the wanted species or genera (Excel spreadsheet, April 2020).

Contact us or send photos to photos@reptile-database.org

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Last updated: 15 September 2025