reptiledbr

Access to the checklist of reptile species

R package
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Reptiles
Author

Paul Efren Santos Andrade

Published

January 7, 2025

Website Code

reptiledbr Access to reptile species checklist.

The reptiledbr R package provides access to a curated and standardized checklist of reptile species, along with tools for taxonomic validation and name matching. The package is designed to support research, biodiversity assessment, environmental consulting, conservation planning, and data cleaning workflows that require reliable reptile species information.

Reptile taxonomy is highly dynamic, with frequent revisions, synonymizations, and species splitting. reptiledbr addresses these challenges by offering:

  • a curated checklist of reptile species
  • standardized taxonomic backbone
  • information on distribution and endemism when available
  • tools for validating and correcting scientific names
  • exact and fuzzy matching routines to resolve spelling variants and synonyms

This package contributes to improving consistency in:

  • biodiversity informatics
  • ecological and biogeographic analyses
  • environmental impact assessments
  • museum and herbarium database curation

Citation

If you use reptiledbr in publications or reports, please cite the package:

Santos Andrade, P. E.
reptiledbr: Tools for access and validation of reptile species lists.
R package website: https://paulesantos.github.io/reptiledbr/

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