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Search Reptile Species by Exact Match and Subspecies Presence

Source: R/search_reptiledbr.R
reptiledbr_exact.Rd

This function searches for exact matches of scientific species names and indicates whether each matched species has associated subspecies in the dataset.

Usage

reptiledbr_exact(species_names)

Arguments

species_names

Character vector of full species names to search for.

Value

A tibble with taxonomic information and a message indicating subspecies presence.

The response variable may return different messages depending on the outcome of the query. Possible values include:

  • "Species not found" – The specified species could not be matched in the database.

  • "Species has subspecies" – The specified species exists and has one or more subspecies registered.

  • "No subspecies found" – The species was found, but there are no subspecies associated with it in the database.

Examples

reptiledbr_exact(c("Ablepharus alaicus", "Anolis limon"))
#> # A tibble: 2 × 10
#>      id input_name found species_match order family genus epithet author message
#>   <int> <chr>      <lgl> <chr>         <fct> <fct>  <fct> <fct>   <chr>  <chr>  
#> 1     1 Ablepharu… TRUE  Ablepharus a… Saur… Scinc… Able… alaicus Elpat… Specie…
#> 2     2 Anolis li… TRUE  Anolis limon  Saur… Anoli… Anol… limon   Velas… No sub…