GARD 1.7 ranges

The attached file are shapfiles of the global distributions of 10914 reptile species merged and collated from verious sources. 
This is the third public update of the global reptile distribution published in:
Roll U., et al. 2017. The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation. Nature Ecol. Evol. 1:1677–1682. (GARD 1.1)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0332-2
More details on the methods underlying these distributions can be found in that contribution.

When using these data please cite:
Roll U., et al. 2017. The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation. Nature Ecol. Evol. 1:1677–1682.
&
Caetano G.H.O., et al. 2022. Automated assessment reveals that the extinction risk of reptiles is widely underestimated across space and phylogeny. PLoS Biology

For further details please contact
Shai Meiri - uncshai@post.tau.ac.il
Uri Roll - uri.roll@gmail.com