Reptile range maps

ecology

Global Assessment of Reptile Distributions (GARD)

Details

GARD is a comprehensive, global database of distribution maps for over 11,000 reptile and amphibian species.

Subdatasets

rangeMaps |
content description
ogc_fid0 Feature unique identifier
id_no Species unique identifier
binomial Species name
presence Type of presence
origin Type of origin
seasonal Type of seasonal presence
compiler Who compiled the record
yrcompiled Year when the record was compiled
citation Citation of the record
source Source of the record
dist_comm Distribution commentary
island Is the range in an island?
subspecies Subspecies name
subpop Subpopulation
tax_comm Taxonomic comments
kingdom Species kingdom
phylum Species taxonimic phylum
class Species taxonimic class
order Species taxonimic order
family Species taxonimic family
genus Species taxonimic genus
category Range map status
marine Is it a marine range?
terrestrial Is it a terrestrial range?
freshwater Is it a freshwater range?
shape_leng Shape perimeter (m)
shape_area Shape area (m2)

masDMT query

# data call without specifying subdataset and resolution
list_data("GARD")

# data call for specific subdataset 
list_data("GARD/rangeMaps")

# data call to subdataset with a specific resolution
list_data("GARD/rangeMaps/20km")

References

(bibtex)

[1] Roll, Feldman, Novosolov, Allison, Bauer, Bernard, Böhm, Castro-Herrera, Chirio, Collen, Colli, Dabool, Das, Doan, Grismer, Hoogmoed, Itescu, Kraus, LeBreton, Lewin, Martins, Maza, Meirte, Nagy, de C. Nogueira, Pauwels, Pincheira-Donoso, Powney, Sindaco, Tallowin, Torres-Carvajal, Trape, Vidan, Uetz, Wagner, Wang, Orme, Grenyer, and Meiri (2017)