Dataset Details - Amphibians and reptiles of Ireland
Amphibians and reptiles
17/08/2012
30/04/2025
To obtain information on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles across the island of Ireland
Mostly casual records submitted to the Data Centre through the on-line data submission form
Island of Ireland
Mostly observations from 2011 onwards
High. Misidentification is unlikely to an issue
Ongoing
N/A
Open (Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Amphibians and reptiles of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, accessed 03 November 2025, <https://newmaps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/147>
Dataset species distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset record distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of records within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset Contacts
Liam Lysaght
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Carriganore, WIT West Campus, Waterford
+ 353 51 306240
Records per year
Species per year
Date Statistics
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| Day | 4809 |
1994
2024
Record Statistics
4809
2651
7
0
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| 100m | 4731 |
| 1km | 78 |
| 2km | 0 |
| 10km | 0 |
| 50km | 0 |
Dataset Attributes
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Abundance | Measure of abundance of the organism recorded |
| Common name | The common name of the taxon |
| County | Name of administrative county within which the record was made |
| Determiner name | The name of the person(s) who verified the identification - used for verify records of difficult taxa |
| Habitat code (Fossitt, 2000) | The code assigned to the habitat described in A Guide to Habitats in Ireland (Fossitt 2000) |
| Life stage | A description of the life stage of the organism recorded |
| Record comment | A comment associated with any individual record |
| Source | Original source of data |
| Specimen comment | A comment associated with the specimen |
| Vice-county | The name or number of the Watsonian (botanical) vice-county within which the record was made |
Recorded Species
| TaxonId | PrefnameTaxonId | Name | Authority | Group | Rank | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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