A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Arawacus togarna has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens57
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections56
Countries1
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus54 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 1 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)0.08%
Haplotypes6
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.46%
N.America
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type895 records
Wild obs. + sensor427
Museum / vouchered422
Other46
Origin
Native6
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 560 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 127≤1 km 147≤10 km 47>10 km 12
333 georeferenced · 94 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor427
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy57% within 1 km
≤100 m 61≤1 km 17≤10 km 39>10 km 20
137 georeferenced · 285 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence422
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions9 of 24 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Ciudad de México, MX
115
Mexico City, MX
89
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
80
Cambridge, US
18
New Haven, US
18
Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record
18
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
11
Washington, US
10
Caja de Compensación Familiar - Comfenalco Antioquialocation not on record
9
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
8
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
5
Ciudad de México, MX
4
Universidad de los Llanos (UniLlanos)location not on record
3
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
3
University of Pennsylvanialocation not on record
2
Universidad del Valle de Guatemalalocation not on record
2
Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
Universidad de Sucre (UniSucre)location not on record
1
Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record
1
Zürich, CH
1
Toronto, CA
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Los Angeles, US
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
24 institutions · 404 of 422 vouchered records shown · 18 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA56 detections
Where the DNA of Arawacus togarna was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found56
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 56 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median24.2 °C 23.1–25.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.30 °C
Max temp (day)27.3 °C 25.5–30.1
Min temp (night)21.8 °C 20.7–22.9
Precipitation92.9 mm/mo 20.6–423
Air humidity68.4 % 61.4–75.6
Moisture balance-44.1 mm/mo -147–295
Vapour deficit936 Pa 700–1,302
Wind speed2.30 m/s 1.40–5.60
Cloud cover20.1 % 14.3–39.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 56 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
