Description
The dataset contains primary biodiversity data of native amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal species recorded in Uruguay by members of Biodiversidata between 2000 and 2019. It includes observations made during surveys of specific faunistic groups and occasional sampling events. The presence of individuals was recorded either by direct observations or by preserved specimens deposited in collections.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 2,975 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Grattarola F, Botto G, da Rosa I, Gobel N, González E M, González J, Hernández D, Laufer G, Maneyro R, Martínez-Lanfranco J A, Naya D E, Rodales A L, Ziegler L, Pincheira-Donoso D (2025). Tetrápodos de Uruguay. Version 1.2. Biodiversidata. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/uy/resource?r=tetrapodos_de_uruguay&v=1.2
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 7d13fdbc-a2d0-4c71-828b-fcc5cb502faa. Biodiversidata publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Uruguay.
Keywords
biodiversity; vertebrates; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals; Occurrence; Observation; Occurrence
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Geographic Coverage
Territory of Uruguay
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-34.958, -58.601], North East [-30.012, -52.954] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The tetrapods group
| Class | Amphibia (Amphibians), Reptilia (Reptiles), Aves (Birds), Mammalia (Mammals) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2000-01-01 / 2019-08-07 |
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Project Data
Biodiversidata’s data paper (https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e36226) was generated with the aim to contribute to the knowledge of the biodiversity of Uruguay by developing the first open-access biodiversity resource for the country. Data was collated from a range of different sources, such as records provided from the members of the organization, data available on online databases and data currently published but not available in digital and standardised format (i.e.: data from field guides and books, and primary literature such as monographs, systematic accounts, species descriptions, reviews and reports of range extensions). The data presented in the current dataset correspond only to the records provided by the members of Biodiversidata.
| Title | Biodiversidata: An Open-Access Biodiversity Database for Uruguay |
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| Identifier | Tetrapods_1.0 |
| Funding | The project of Biodiversidata is developed by Florencia Grattarola with a PhD Fellowship from Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación (ANII) – Grant POS_EXT_2016_1_136663 |
| Study Area Description | All the Uruguayan territory |
| Design Description | The data were provided by 14 members of Biodiversidata working in the vertebrates group. The dataset contains records made during surveys of specific faunistic groups and occasional sampling events. They consist mostly in human observations which, in some cases, had specimens preserved. In each case, the method and objective of the observation varied and ranged from targeted sampling to non-systematic collection. |
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Sampling Methods
The dataset contains records made during surveys of specific faunistic groups and occasional sampling events.
| Study Extent | The data were collected in more than 120 localities of Uruguay. |
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| Quality Control | Species were identified by the expert members of Biodiversidata who provided de data. Species names were standardised, and georeferenced point data were checked at state level. |
Method step description:
- The dataset was prepared to improve the findability, accessibility, interoperability and reuse of the data collated. We enriched the records incorporating more than 30 descriptive terms following the Darwin Core Biodiversity Data Standard (https://dwc.tdwg.org/). The R scripts used to clean the data can be found at: https://github.com/bienflorencia/rBiodiversidata
- For standardisation of species names and complete taxonomic categories retrieval given the species names, we used the R package 'taxize' (https://github.com/ropensci/taxize). We followed Integrated Taxonomic Information System database (itis.gov) as reference.
- To complete the conservation status of species according to the IUCN Red List assessment, we used the R package 'rredlist' (https://github.com/ropensci/rredlist).
- Georeferenced point data resulted from either GPS measurements or by defining the latitude and longitude of the event locality through the GeoNames Gazetteer database (geonames.org). Coordinates are presented in decimal degrees and checked at state level.
Collection Data
| Collection Name | Colección Zoología Vertebrados de la Facultad de Ciencias |
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| Collection Identifier | ZVCB |
| Parent Collection Identifier | FCIEN |
Bibliographic Citations
- Grattarola F, Botto G, da Rosa I, Gobel N, González E, González J, Hernández D, Laufer G, Maneyro R, Martínez-Lanfranco J, Naya D, Rodales A, Ziegler L, Pincheira-Donoso D (2019) Biodiversidata: An Open-Access Biodiversity Database for Uruguay. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e36226. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e36226
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 7d13fdbc-a2d0-4c71-828b-fcc5cb502faa |
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| https://cloud.gbif.org/uy/resource?r=tetrapodos_de_uruguay |