Symbols and abbreviations
Reptiles of Ecuador | Symbols and abbreviations
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| FAQ | Frequently asked questions |
| ♀♀ | Females |
| ♂♂ | Males |
| ~ | Roughly |
| > | Greater than |
| < | Less than |
| vs | Versus |
| h | Hours |
| ha | Hectares |
| km2 | Square kilometers |
| km | Kilometers |
| m2 | Square meters |
| m | Meters |
| cm | Centimeters |
| mm | Milimeters |
| kg | Kilograms |
| mg | Miligrams |
| °C | Degrees Celsius |
| Eds | Editors |
| pp | Pages |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| bp | Base pairs |
| MUSEUM COLLECTIONS | |
| AMNH | American Museum of Natural History |
| BMNH | British Museum of Natural History |
| CAS | California Academy of Sciences |
| DHMECN | División de Herpetología del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad |
| FMNH | Field Museum of Natural History |
| KU | Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas |
| LSUMZ | Louisiana Museum of Natural History |
| MCZ | Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University |
| MHNG | Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de la Ville de Genève |
| MNHN | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
| MVECCD | Museo de Vertebrados, Fundación Charles Darwin |
| MVZ | Museum of Vertebrate Zoology |
| MZUA | Museo de Zoología de la Universidad del Azuay |
| MZUTI | Museo de Zoología de la Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica |
| QCAZ | Museo de Zoología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador |
| UIMNH | University of Iowa Museum of Natural History |
| USNM | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |
| ZSFQ | Museo de Zoología de la Universidad San Francisco de Quito |