ITIS species taxonomy lookup
ITIS species taxonomy lookup - scientific name to taxonomic serial number, rank, full kingdom-to-species lineage, child taxa and common names in English and other languages
Answeringour last check, 2026-10-18
1 of 1checks answered this week
1215 msmedian answer time
$0.01listed price per call
$0.01price it asked us
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Endpoint
GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/taxonomy/itis
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | saylorinnovations.com |
| Networks | eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.01 | 1215 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"name": "Puma concolor"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET",
"POST",
"PUT",
"PATCH",
"DELETE",
"HEAD"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"name": {
"description": "Scientific name, e.g. Puma concolor",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"name"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"author": {
"description": "Author name",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"checked_at": {
"description": "Time the check was run (UTC)",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"child_taxa": {
"description": "Child taxa",
"items": {
"properties": {
"name": {},
"rank": {},
"tsn": {}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": [
"array",
"null"
]
},
"common_names": {
"description": "Common names",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"common_names_other_languages": {
"description": "Common names other languages"
},
"hierarchy": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"name": {
"description": "Name",
"type": "string"
},
"rank": {
"description": "Rank, 1 is highest",
"type": "string"
},
"tsn": {
"description": "ITIS taxonomic serial number"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"kingdom": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"other_matches": {
"description": "Other candidates that matched the query, lower ranked",
"items": {
"properties": {
"name": {},
"tsn": {}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": [
"array",
"null"
]
},
"query": {
"description": "The query as the server interpreted it",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"rank": {
"description": "Rank, 1 is highest",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"scientific_name": {
"description": "Scientific name",
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"description": "Data source the values come from",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"tsn": {
"description": "ITIS taxonomic serial number",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"tsn",
"scientific_name"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "json",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}