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The conservation status of the world’s reptiles
Biological Conservation · 2012 · Vol. 157 · pp. 372–385
Monika Böhm✉(Zoological Society of London)Ben Collen(Zoological Society of London)Jonathan Baillie(Zoological Society of London)Philip Bowles(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Janice Chanson(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Neil A. Cox(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Geoffrey A. Hammerson(NatureServe)Michael Hoffmann(United Nations Environment Programme)Suzanne R. Livingstone(University of Glasgow)Mala Ram(Zoological Society of London)Anders G. J. RhodinSimon N. Stuart(University of Bath)Peter Paul van Dijk(Conservation International)Bruce E. Young(NatureServe)Leticia E. Afuang(University of the Philippines System)Aram AghasyanAndrés García(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)César Aguilar(National University of San Marcos)Rastko Ajtić(Institute for Plant Protection and Environment)Ferdi Akarsu(Nature Conservation Centre)Laura R. V. Alencar(Universidade de São Paulo)Allen Allison(Bernice P. Bishop Museum)Natalia B. Ananjeva(Russian Academy of Sciences)Steve Anderson(University of the Pacific)Claes AndrénDaniel Ariano‐SánchezJuan Camilo Arredondo(Universidade de São Paulo)Mark Auliya(Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)Christopher C. Austin(Louisiana State University)Aziz Avcı(Adnan Menderes University)Patrick J. Baker(Monash University)André Felipe Barreto‐Lima(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)César L. Barrio‐Amorós(Monash University)Dhruvayothi Basu(Monash University)Michael F. Bates(Monash University)Alexandre Milaré Batistella(Monash University)Aaron M. Bauer(Villanova University)Daniel Bennett(Monash University)Wolfgang Böhme(Monash University)Don Broadley(American Museum of Natural History)Rafe M. Brown(University of Kansas)Joseph Burgess(Monash University)Ashok Captain(Monash University)Santiago Carreira(Monash University)María del Rosario Castañeda(Harvard University Press)Fernando Castro‐Herrera(Universidad del Valle)Alessandro Catenazzi(University of California, Berkeley)José Rogelio Cedeño‐Vázquez(Monash University)David G. Chapple(Victoria University of Wellington)Marc Cheylan(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)Diego F. Cisneros‐Heredia(Universidad San Francisco de Quito)Dan Cogălniceanu(Ovidius University)Hal Cogger(Australian Museum)Claudia Corti(University of Florence)Gabriel C. Costa(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)Patrick Couper(Queensland Museum)Tony CourtneyJelka Crnobrnja‐Isailović(University of Nis)Pierre-André Crochet(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)Brian I. Crother(Southeastern Louisiana University)Félix B. Cruz(Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas)Jennifer C. Daltry(Fauna and Flora International)R. J. Ranjit DanielsIndraneil Das(Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)Anslem de Silva(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Arvin C. Diesmos(National Museum of the Philippines)Lutz Dirksen(Monash University)Tiffany M. Doan(Central Connecticut State University)C. Kenneth Dodd(University of Florida)J. Sean Doody(Monash University)Michael E. Dorcas(Davidson College)José Duarte de Barros Filho(Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)Vincent T. Egan(Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development)El Hassan El Mouden(Cadi Ayyad University)Dirk EmbertRobert E. Espinoza(California State University, Northridge)Alejandro Fallabrino(Monash University)Feng Xie(Chinese Academy of Sciences)Zhao-Jun Feng(Jiangsu Normal University)Lee A. Fitzgerald(Texas A&M University)Oscar Flores‐Villela(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues França(Universidade Federal da Paraíba)Darrell Frost(American Museum of Natural History)Héctor Gadsden(Monash University)Tony Gamble(University of Minnesota System)S.R. Ganesh(Monash University)Miguel A. GarciaJuan E. García-Pérez(Monash University)Joey Gatus(University of San Carlos)Maren Gaulke(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)Philippe Géniez(Monash University)Arthur Georges(University of Canberra)Justin Gerlach(Monash University)Stephen R. Goldberg(Whittier College)Juan-Carlos T. Gonzalez(University of Oxford)David J. Gower(Natural History Museum)Tandora D. Grant(Monash University)Eli Greenbaum(The University of Texas at El Paso)Cristina Grieco(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Peng Guo(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Alison M. Hamilton(Smithsonian Institution)Kelly M. Hare(University of Otago)S. Blair Hedges(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Neil Heideman(University of the Free State)Craig Hilton‐Taylor(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Rod Hitchmough(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Bradford D. Hollingsworth(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Mark N. Hutchinson(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Ivan Ineich(International Union for Conservation of Nature)John B. Iverson(Earlham College)Fabián M. Jaksić(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)Richard K. B. Jenkins(Bangor University)Ulrich Joger(World Conservation Monitoring Centre)Reizl Jose(Bohol Island State University)Yakup Kaska(World Conservation Monitoring Centre)Uğur Kaya(Ege University)J. Scott Keogh(Australian National University)Günther Köhler(Nature Conservation Centre)Gerald Kuchling(University of Western Australia)Yusuf Kumlutaş(Conservation International)Axel Kwet(Conservation International)Enrique La Marca(Conservation International)William W. Lamar(Conservation International)Amanda Lane(University of Sydney)Björn Lardner(Colorado State University)Craig Latta(Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)Gabrielle Latta(Monash University)Michael Lau(World Conservation Monitoring Centre)Pablo Lavín(Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez)Dwight P. Lawson(University of Bath)Matthew LeBreton(University of Bath)Edgar Lehr(Illinois Wesleyan University)Duncan J. Limpus(University of Bath)Nicola Lipczynski(University of Bath)Aaron Savio Lobo(University of Cambridge)Marco A. López‐Luna(University of Bath)Luca Luiselli(University of Bath)Vimoksalehi LukoschekMikael LundbergPetros Lymberakis(Crete University Press)Robert MaceyWilliam E. MagnussonD. Luke MahlerAnita Malhotra(Bangor University)Jean MariauxBryan Maritz(University of the Witwatersrand)Otávio Augusto Vuolo Marques(NatureServe)Rafael Márquez(Monash University)Marcio Roberto Martins(Universidade de São Paulo)Gavin MastersonJosé Antonio Mateo(Victoria University of Wellington)Rosamma Mathew(NatureServe)Nixon Mathews(Universidad San Francisco de Quito)Gregory C. Mayer(Ovidius University)James R. McCranie(Smithsonian Institution)John Measey(NatureServe)Fernando Mendoza-Quijano(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)Michele Menegon(NatureServe)Sébastien Métrailler(University of the Philippines Los Baños)David A. Milton(University of the Philippines Los Baños)Chad E. Montgomery(Truman State University)Sérgio Augusto Abrahão Morato(National University of Comahue)Tamí Mott(Fauna and Flora International)Antonio Muñoz‐Alonso(University of the Philippines Los Baños)John C. Murphy(University of the Philippines Los Baños)Truong Quang Nguyen(Leibniz Association)Göran Nilson(University of the Philippines Los Baños)Cristiano de Campos Nogueira(Universidade de Brasília)Herman Núñez(Central Connecticut State University)Nikolai L. Orlov(Russian Academy of Sciences)Hidetoshi Ota(University of Florida)José A. Ottenwalder(Davidson College)Theodore J. Papenfuss(University of California, Berkeley)Stesha A. Pasachnik(University of Tennessee at Knoxville)Paulo Gustavo Homem Passos(Cadi Ayyad University)Olivier S. G. PauwelsNéstor Pérez-Buitrago(University of Puerto Rico System)Valentín Pérez‐MelladoEric R. Pianka(The University of Texas at Austin)Juan M. Pleguezuelos(Jiangsu Normal University)Caroline M. Pollock(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Paulino Ponce-Campos(Texas A&M University)Robert Powell(Avila University)Fabio Pupin(Queensland Museum)Gustavo E. Díaz(Universidade Federal da Paraíba)Raju Radder(University of Sydney)Jan Ramer(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Arne Redsted Rasmussen(Schools of Visual Arts, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts)C. J. Raxworthy(American Museum of Natural History)Robert P. ReynoldsNadia I. Richman(Zoological Society of London)Edmund Leo B. Rico(Fauna and Flora International)Elisa RiservatoGilson A. Rivas(National University of San Marcos)Pedro Luís Bernardo da Rocha(Universidade Federal da Bahia)Mark‐Oliver Rödel(National University of San Marcos)Lourdes Rodríguez Schettino(National University of San Marcos)Willem M. Roosenburg(Ohio University Lancaster)James Perran Ross(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Riyad Sadek(American University of Beirut)Kate L. Sanders(University of Adelaide)Georgina Santos-Barrera(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)Hermann H. Schleich(National University of San Marcos)Benedikt R. Schmidt(National University of San Marcos)Andreas Schmitz(Institute for Plant Protection and Environment)Mozafar Sharifi(Razi University)Glenn M. Shea(Colorado State University)Hai-tao Shi(Institute for Plant Protection and Environment)Richard ShineRoberto Sindaco(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Tahar Slimani(Cadi Ayyad University)Ruchira SomaweeraSteve Spawls(City College of New York)Peter J. Stafford(Natural History Museum)Rob Stuebing(Monash University)Sam Sweet(Institute for Plant Protection and Environment)Emerson SyHelen Temple(Institute for Plant Protection and Environment)Marcelo F. Tognelli(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Krystal A. Tolley(Institute for Plant Protection and Environment)Peter J. Tolson(Nature Conservation Centre)Boris S. Tuniyev(World Conservation Monitoring Centre)Sako B. Tuniyev(Monash University)Nazan Üzüm(Adnan Menderes University)Gerard van Buurt(Monash University)Monique Van Sluys(Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)Álvaro Velasco(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Miguel Vences(University of Bath)Milan Veselý(Nature Conservation Centre)Sabine Vinke(Nature Conservation Centre)Thomas Vinke(Monash University)Gernot Vogel(University of the Philippines Los Baños)Milan Vogrin(Nature Conservation Centre)Richard C. Vogt(Nature Conservation Centre)Oliver R. Wearn(Zoological Society of London)Yehudah L. Werner(Nature Conservation Centre)Martin J. Whiting(Macquarie University)Thomas A. Wiewandt(Institute for Plant Protection and Environment)John W. Wilkinson(Nature Conservation Centre)Byron Wilson(Universidade de São Paulo)Sally Wren(Zoological Society of London)Tara Zamin(Universidade de São Paulo)Kaiya Zhou(Nanjing Normal University)George R. Zug(Smithsonian Institution)
Amphibian and Reptile BiologyAnimal and Plant Science EducationSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeGeographyConservation statusEcologyBiologyHabitat
Funding
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
- Australian Government
- Moore Family Foundation
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
- European Commission
- Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
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