Species and status

Species and taxonomy databases

Names, threat status, distributions and the records behind them.

• GBIF

  Global occurrence records

• IUCN Red List

  Global threat assessments

• Catalogue of Life

  Names backbone

• ITIS

  Taxonomic names, strongest for North America

• Encyclopedia of Life

  Species pages and an education arm

• NatureServe Explorer

  Conservation status ranks including plants and invertebrates, North America

• Species+

  CITES and CMS listings per species

• Map of Life

  Range maps and indicators

• Reptile Database

  Reptile taxonomy

• Amphibian Species of the World

  Amphibian taxonomy

• AmphibiaWeb

  Amphibian species accounts

• Amphibian Conservation Needs Assessments

  Per-species conservation needs

• Mammal Diversity Database

  Mammal taxonomy

• All The World's Primates

  Primate species accounts

• Elephant Database

  Elephant records

• Rhino Resource Center

  Rhino literature and images

• AnimalBase

  Early zoological names and types

• Avian Knowledge Network

  Bird data network

• FishBase

  Fish species data

• Shark-Base

  Elasmobranch records

• OBIS

  Marine occurrences

• WoRMS

  Marine species register

• GlobalFungi

  Fungal occurrence database

• SEINet / Symbiota

  Herbarium networks with a checklist generator

• Calflora

  California plant occurrences and rarity

• Jepson eFlora

  California flora

• antmaps.org

  Ant distributions

• Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database

  Extinctions including plants and invertebrates

• Threatened Island Biodiversity Database

  Islands crossed with threatened species and invasives

• World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas

  KBA boundaries and triggers

• Alliance for Zero Extinction

  AZE sites and species

• Local Biodiversity Outlooks

  Community biodiversity reporting

• snakeDatabase LD50

  Venom and LD50 reference

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