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.
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 reptiledbr 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.