defrostR (version 1.1.0)

searchASW: Search the Amphibian Species of the World database (Species search)

Description

This function searches species accounts on the ASW website (http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php/) and returns all available information listed. The URL per species is taken from defrostR's internally stored records, unless specified otherwise.

Usage

searchASW(query, asw_taxonomy = defrostR::asw_taxonomy)

Arguments

query

search term. Binomial species name either separated by a space or "_"

asw_taxonomy

version of taxonomy to use (output of getTaxonomy()). By default, internally stored version is used (which may be out of data)

Value

returns all available information in list form

Examples

# NOT RUN {
searchASW("Pleurodeles waltl")
# }