Platypus
Platypus is a relational database programme developed by the ABRS
Fauna Online project and is used to automatically compile and generate the
web files for the Australian Faunal
Directory (AFD)
- manages taxonomic, geographic, ecological, host-taxon, palaeontological, bibliographic and graphic information, as well as botanical names and specimen collection data
- may be downloaded free of charge
- may be used to compile data for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Version 3.3 released, September 2002