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  1. Species+/CITES Checklist API v1
  2. Distributions
Distributions

Supported Formats

JSON, XML
>>>

GET api/v1/taxon_concepts/:taxon_concept_id/distributions

iso_code2

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 [max 255 characters]

name

name of country / territory (translated based on locale) [max 255 characters]

type

one of COUNTRY or TERRITORY [max 255 characters]

tags

array of distribution tags, e.g. extinct [strings max 255 characters each]

references

array of citations [strings of unlimited length]

Supported Formats

JSON, XML

Errors

400 Bad Request
401 Unauthorized
404 Not Found
422 Unprocessable Entity
500 Internal Server Error

Examples

[
  {
    "iso_code2":"GQ",
    "name":"Equatorial Guinea",
    "tags":[

    ],
    "type":"COUNTRY",
    "references":[
      "Basilio, A. 1962. La vida animal en la Guinea Espanola. Instituto de Estudios Africanos. Madrid."
    ]
  },
  {
    "iso_code2":"MR",
    "name":"Mauritania",
    "tags":[
      "extinct"
    ],
    "type":"COUNTRY",
    "references":[
      "Blanc, J.J., Thouless, C.R., Hart, J.A., Dublin H.T., Douglas-Hamilton, I., Craig, C.R. and Barnes, R.F.W. 2003. African Elephant Status Report 2002: an update from the African Elephant Database. http://iucn.org/afesg/aed/aesr2002.html IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ",
      "Jackson, P. 1982. Elephants and rhinos in Africa. A time for decision. IUCN. Gland."
    ]
  }
]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<distributions type="array">
  <distribution>
    <iso-code2>GQ</iso-code2>
    <name>Equatorial Guinea</name>
    <tags type="array"/>
    <type>COUNTRY</type>
    <references type="array">
      <reference>Basilio, A. 1962. La vida animal en la Guinea Espanola. Instituto de Estudios Africanos. Madrid.</reference>
    </references>
  </distribution>
  <distribution>
    <iso-code2>MR</iso-code2>
    <name>Mauritania</name>
    <tags type="array">
      <tag>extinct</tag>
    </tags>
    <type>COUNTRY</type>
    <references type="array">
      <reference>Blanc, J.J., Thouless, C.R., Hart, J.A., Dublin H.T., Douglas-Hamilton, I., Craig, C.R. and Barnes, R.F.W. 2003. African Elephant Status Report 2002: an update from the African Elephant Database. http://iucn.org/afesg/aed/aesr2002.html IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. </reference>
      <reference>Jackson, P. 1982. Elephants and rhinos in Africa. A time for decision. IUCN. Gland.</reference>
    </references>
  </distribution>
</distributions>

Params

Param name Description
taxon_concept_id
required

Taxon Concept ID


Value: Must be String
language
optional

Select language for the names of distributions. Select en, fr, or es. Defaults to en.


Value: Must be String