One of the main challenges of biodiversity data reuse associated with is to find ways to transform information contained from academic bibliography in traceable and reusable formats, following the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). These data are the basis for the construction of new scientific knowledge and should be used in decision-making actions aimed at conservation goals. Despite its unequivocal importance, scientific data is usually trapped in PDF or other formats. Plazi is a non-profit organization that supports and promotes the development of open and accessible digital taxonomic literature. Plazi’s infrastructure and workflow seeks to transform data into reusable formats that can be exported and linked in different platforms, such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the Biodiversity Literature Repository, the BiodiversityPMC, among others.

We are herein presenting as a showcase the effort to make the Atlas of Brazilian Snakes (Nogueira et al. 2019) a reusable database with essential information about the geographic distribution of this group. Plazi uses its own visual editor for data extraction and document annotation in XML, the GoldenGate Imagine. The obtained results were presented on a dashboard prepared with Microsoft software PowerBI.

A total of 412 species of snakes are presented (Figure 1). All the information provided in text was connected to figures and tables referenced and made available on the corresponding platforms. A dashboard was created as an interactive graphical tool summarizing how the extracted information interacts at different levels.