Wikipedia:WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles/References and Templates

This page is a compilation of useful resources when writing articles for this project as well as templates that this project uses for organization.

References

Phylogenetic

Phylogeny and taxonomy of some fossil groups is not known or is uncertain; relationships of living species to each other and fossil species is also not fully known. Join the discussion for other possibilities.

The Reptile Database: Over 12,000 species of reptiles, heavily curated, reviewed, and reliable.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System: A partnership designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species.
Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference: A resource dealing with the taxonomy of extant and recently extinct amphibians.
AmphibiaWeb. A resource dealing with the biology of extant and recently extinct amphibians. In addition to taxonomic information, it includes descriptions and life history, information on habitat, distributions and conservation, as well as photos and sound recordings for some species.
Crother et al. 2012: for North American taxa, followed by majority of professional herpetological associations.
Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy and Synonymy: Official IUCN list, can be downloaded in pdf format.
Blackburn and Wake 2011: Good for Amphibian higher taxa.

Paleontological

Phylogeny and taxonomy of some fossil groups is not known or is uncertain; relationships of living species to each other and fossil species is also not fully known. Join the discussion for other possibilities.

The following is suggested as primary references (feel free to add more!)

Print – primary references

Benton, M. J. (2014), Vertebrate Palaeontology, 4th ed. Wiley-Blackwell (also 3rd ed. 2004 and 2nd ed. 2000). This is a widely used and respected work, which has superseded but not replaced Carroll 1988. The classification presented in the 3rd edition (dead link of original), although not perfect, is a good compromise that combines the Linnean and Cladistic approaches. For more on this book see its Wikipedia article at Vertebrate Palaeontology (book) or the publishers pages on the 3rd edition and 4th edition.
Carroll, R. L. (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, WH Freeman & Co. At the back of this book is a very useful appendix that lists every veretebrate genus classified according to family, order, etc. This is the most recent Linnean classification of living and extinct vertebrates, and Dr Carroll's book is in any case and excellent textbook, although too detailed and technical for trhe beginner
Handbook of Paleoherpetology, a multi-authored series of important volumes, each on a particular group. Some are rather dated, others are more current. The main page is here. For a classification, click on the title/group you are interested in, that brings up some info about that volume with a picture of the cover. There will generally be a little button on the lower part of the page which says "more". Click on that for the table of contents. The table of contents includes the taxonomy of the group in question.
Ruta, M, MI Coates & DLJ Quicke (2003), Early tetrapod relationships revisited. Biol. Rev. 78: 251-345. pdf - includes a number of cladograms on early Tetrapods
Rubidge, B.S. & Sidor, C.A. 2001, Evolutionary patterns among Permo-Triassic therapsids. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 32: 449-480. pdf - includes large Therapsid cladogram and very good overview of Therapsid clades
any articles or papers in peer-reviewed journals

Online – secondary references

Tree of Life describes the early amniote clades; follow the links back to tetrapods, or forward to more recent or derived groups. The Tree of Life project is peer-reviewed and so can be considered authoritative. Note that this phylogeny differs in places from Benton's.
any online (html or pdf) articles or papers that have also appeared in peer-reviewed print journals

Print – secondary references

The following books can also be used, but they are not as detailed or authoritative as the primary references textbooks. Note: these books are not peer-reviewed, so they can only be used as basic introductory material

Patricia Vickers-Rich and Thomas H. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Gunter Graphics, 1993, Pg 37.
Dinosaurs and other Prehistoric Creatures Edited by ingrid Cranfield 2000 Salamander books ltd
Barry Cox, R.J.G.Savage, Brian Gardiner, Dougal Dixon, 1988 Illustrated Collins/McMillian/whatever Encyclopaedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals (this book has been variously published so the name of the title may differ - a higherly recommended for a basic intro, although there are still a few mistakes - e.g. still presents Teratosaurus as a dinosaur!))

Online – secondary references

Palaeos - includes detailed technical information on many tetrapod groups, also some overviews, and lists references
Terrestrial Vertebrate Groups - Mikko's Phylogeny - a giant cladogram made up of thousands of linked webpages. Includes references, but does not specify which parts of the cladogram on each page were based on which references
UCMP Berkely - description on different groups of prehistoric organisms - gives a good basic intro, but does not cover sub-groups in detail

Project templates and categories

Talk

Place {{AARTalk}} at the top of an article's talk page. This will allow for assessment and make editors aware of the project.

Navboxes

{{Anura}} - Placing this template on a page creates a box with list of names of anuran families. This template has been used in Frog and the wikipages on anuran families.
{{Snake families}} - Placing this template on a page creates a box with list of names of snake families. This template is meant to be used in Snake and the wikipages on snake families.
{{Crocodilia}} - creates a navbox with a list of crocodilian taxa.
{{Crocs}} - Placing this template on a page creates a navbox with crocodilian-related topics.
{{Varanoidea}} - Placing this template creates a navbox with a list of the members of this superfamily. Meant for use on Helodermatid and Varanid articles.
{{Iguanidae}} - Placing this template creates a navbox with a list of the members of this family. Meant for use on Iguana, Ctenosaura, Cyclura, and Sauromalus articles.
{{Caudata}} - creates a navbox with a list of caudate taxa. Meant for use with salamander articles.
{{Cordylidae}} - creates a navbox for cordylid lizards.