reptiledb_012025: Reptile Checklist with Subspecies Information
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reptiledb_012025

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Reptile Checklist with Subspecies Information

Description

A comprehensive dataset extracted from The Reptile Database containing taxonomic and nomenclatural information for reptile species and their subspecies. This tibble includes detailed columns related to authorship, type species, and taxonomic changes.

Usage

reptiledb_012025

Format

A tibble with 14,474 rows and 16 columns:

order: Taxonomic order of the reptile (e.g., "Sauria").
family: Taxonomic family (e.g., "Scincidae").
genus: Genus name.
epithet: Species epithet (second part of the species name).
species: Full species name (genus + epithet).
species_author: Primary author(s) of the species name.
species_name_year: Year the species was described.
subspecies_name: Epithet of the subspecies (if any).
subspecie_author_info: Full author citation of the subspecies.
subspecies_name_author: Author(s) of the subspecies name.
subspecies_year: Year the subspecies was described.
type_species: Name of the type species, if available.
change: Text description of any taxonomic or nomenclatural change.
rdb_sp_id: Unique identifier assigned by The Reptile Database.
nomenclature_change: Logical flag indicating if a nomenclatural change has occurred (TRUE / FALSE).
nomenclature_change_species: Logical flag indicating if the nomenclatural change affects the species level (TRUE / FALSE).

Details

This dataset is part of the reptiledb.data package and provides structured access to reptile taxonomy data, enabling users to filter, analyze, or visualize species and subspecies information across multiple reptile families and genera.