# Species Range and Biodiversity Records

> Species Range and Biodiversity Records is a paid API for AI agents from biodiversity.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-30).

Returns the countries where a species has been recorded with observation counts, plus the five-year reporting trend percentage.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://biodiversity.x402tookit.com/species-range?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-30
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/species-range-and-biodiversity-records-41abbcc1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Iu9pYoTBvLfdFU5yudwZh

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability species-range-and-biodiversity-records-41abbcc1
```

Example prompt: Which countries have recorded Puma concolor and is the species being observed more or less frequently compared to five years ago?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the geographic distribution of a species across countries with actual observation record counts and a quantitative trend signal. It is the right choice over a general species search when the user's goal is range mapping, population trend analysis, or country-level biodiversity reporting rather than name resolution or taxonomic lookup.

## Known failure modes

- Species name not found in GBIF — returns null taxon key and empty countries list
- Misspelled or ambiguous scientific name yields no results or wrong species
- Degraded flag set to true when GBIF data is partially unavailable
- Very rare or newly described species may have zero records and no trend data
- Common name input not accepted — scientific name required

## How this service works

Countries where a species has been recorded with record counts, and the recent five-year reporting trend.

## Output

A JSON object containing: a list of countries with per-country observation record counts, the total record count, number of countries shown, the canonical accepted scientific name, GBIF taxon key, recent and previous five-year record counts, the percentage change in reporting between those periods, data source URL, attribution, and an optional natural-language summary and verdict on population trend. May also include a degraded flag and disclaimer if data is incomplete.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "name"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Scientific name, e.g. Puma concolor"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "asOf": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "query": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "source": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "reasons": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "summary": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "verdict": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "degraded": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "taxonKey": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      },
      "countries": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
         "country": {
          "type": [
           "null",
           "string"
          ]
         },
         "records": {
          "type": [
           "null",
           "number"
          ]
         }
        }
       }
      },
      "sourceUrl": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "disclaimer": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "notChecked": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "attribution": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "totalRecords": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      },
      "canonicalName": {
     
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```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/species-range-and-biodiversity-records-41abbcc1/health.json
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