Species Match

{
  "acceptedCanonicalName": "Puma concolor",
  "acceptedName": "Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771)",
  "asOf": "2026-10-20T21:04:28.536Z",
  "attribution": "Data: GBIF.org (taxonomy: GBIF Backbone; conservation: IUCN Red List via GBIF). Occurrence counts include only records licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0; CC BY-NC and unlicensed records are left out, so count…",
  "confidence": 98,
  "degraded": false,
  "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
  "isSynonym": true,
  "matchType": "EXACT",
  "matchedName": "Felis concolor Linnaeus, 1771",
  "notChecked": [
    "common (vernacular) names: this matches scientific names (use /species-search for common names)",
    "competing taxonomies other than the GBIF Backbone",
    "…1 more"
  ],
  "query": "Felis concolor",
  "rank": "SPECIES",
  "reasons": [
    "The query is an older or alternative name for a currently accepted species.",
    "Data: GBIF.org (taxonomy: GBIF Backbone; conservation: IUCN Red List via GBIF). Occurrence counts include only records licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0; CC BY-NC and unlicensed records are left out, so count…"
  ],
  "source": "GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.gbif.org",
  "status": "SYNONYM",
  "summary": "\"Felis concolor\" is a synonym; the accepted name is Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771) (species).",
  "taxonKey": 2435099,
  "taxonomy": {
    "class": "Mammalia",
    "family": "Felidae",
    "genus": "Puma",
    "kingdom": "Animalia",
    "order": "Carnivora",
    "phylum": "Chordata",
    "species": "Puma concolor"
  },
  "verdict": "SYNONYM_RESOLVED"
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://biodiversity.x402tookit.com/species-match?name=Felis+concolor'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://biodiversity.x402tookit.com/species-match?name=Felis+concolor' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.03 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.03" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.03 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbiodiversity.x402tookit.com%2Fspecies-match
const res = await pay("https://biodiversity.x402tookit.com/species-match?name=Felis+concolor");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.03 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.03"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://biodiversity.x402tookit.com/species-match?name=Felis+concolor")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)