NEWS

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letsRept 2026-04

• internal datasets:

  • allReptiles updated to the current list of valid species (12,568)
  • allSynonymsRef and allSynonyms updated (55,130 and 112,626 entries respectively)

• reptSync:

  • fixed solveAmbiguous bug when the query did not match any names in the synonym list.
  • added fuzzy matching to the solveAmbiguous option.
  • silenced internal reptSearch outputs when cores = 1.

• reptAdvancedSearch:

  • added verbose condition to warnings when no matches are found.

• reptTidySyn:

  • ordered output by RBD column when filter = "merge" to facilitate visualization of which queried species to merge.

letsRept 2025-10-20

• General:

  • Official manuscript release https://journals.ku.edu/jbi/article/view/24329
  • Package website release https://joao-svalencar.github.io/letsRept/
  • improved functions documentation (corrected errors and missing information)
  • updated internal datasets (RDB September 2025 version)
  • updated vignettes

• internal functions:

  • safeParallel modified to safely stop all clusters upon user interruption
  • implemented safeRequest to safely address server workload
  • clean_species_names, fixed hyphened names like "Simotes tri-notatus"

• reptAdvancedSearch:

  • improved output in case of detecting single species (when searching for synonyms) = reptSearch

• reptCompare:

  • implemented argument compareDataset to detect missing names in comparison with another dataset

-reptSpecies:

• Only runs with parallel sampling, default is cores = 1.

• reptSplitCheck:

  • implemented argument exact for optional search only for exact matches

• reptSync:

  • status "synonymization" changed to "merge"
  • try fuzzy match before giving status "not_found"
  • added statuses "updated_typo" and "fuzzy_ambiguous" after fuzzy match

• reptSynonyms:

  • Now works with vectors of valid names, does not require species links.
  • Only runs with parallel sampling, default is cores = 1.

letsRept 2025-08-23

• Fixed CRAN test issues by skipping network-dependent tests.
• Made parallel calls safe on macOS (cores = 1 for tests).
• Minor bugfixes and test updates.

letsRept 2025-08-05

The package was renamed to letsRept

Major changes

• reptSync() was fully redesigned for improved performance and flexibility. This change breaks compatibility with previous versions.
• Added new function reptSplitCheck(). This function checks for potential taxonomic splits departing from a user defined date.
• Added new function reptTidySyn(). This function prints to the console the outcomes of reptSync and reptSplitCheck with an optional "filter" argument.
• Added new function reptCompare(). This function compares a user species list with the internal dataset or with a subset provided by users
• Added new function reptRefs(). This function retrieves the references and links to access them from a species account.
• Added new function reptStats(). This function summarizes higher taxa information.
• Added helper splitCheck() to support reptSplitCheck().

Other changes

• I updated and expanded the vignettes to include the major changes

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