when I click on the main URL that I usually follow, I get this (original and translated versions shown) [image] if I click on the next result down, I can get to this homepage, but then searching for anything takes me to the same error page as above [image]

I just tried a test search and it worked for me… Search results | The Reptile Database

Back now ? http://www.reptile-database.org/db-info/taxa.html#Ser ? Not. The next step is dead.

that’s… concerning. I use this website a lot.

I went to check it out right now and it is still down / web hosting disable. Does anyone know if this database had any social media where they could communicate the problem?

The latest checklist and few years old complete database are available at this link for now: http://www.reptile-database.org/data/ ( i am guessing the site wont vanish and is facing hosting server/bills issue maybe)

I’ve often received a warning from my computer that the Reptile Database is not a secure website, so I have limited my use of the site. Which is concerning because it’s a valuable reference.

It was probably some transient misconfiguration at the web host, no drama, it happens to the best of us.

You can access the species accounts securely through https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/ http://www.reptile-database.org/ is working for me, but appearing as a not secure website (no https)

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/ working for me. can get search results, load species pages.

[image] ephofmann: You can access the species accounts securely through https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/ http://www.reptile-database.org/ is working for me, but appearing as a not secure website (no https) Can someone explain why the main database site is an unsecured URL, whereas the …

The Reptile Database (iNat's authority for reptile taxa) is no longer available?

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thebeachcomber December 15, 2025, 7:35am 11

thanks all, glad it’s back to working

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