Macroecological correlates of taxonomic uncertainty in New World coralsnakes

This repository contains all data, scripts, and functions related to the manuscript titled ‘Macroecological correlates of taxonomic uncertainty in New World coralsnakes.’MetadataVariablesThis file contains the data necessary to perform phylogenetic analyses (PGLS), Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and to create Figure 1Species: the list of the 85 New World coralsnake speciesDescription date: the date of description of each New World coral snake species multiplied by -1. The date of description refers to the date on which the species was first described.Latitude: the latitude of the centroid of each New World coralsnake species in decimal degrees taken as the midpoint of the geographic range.Longitude: the longitude of the centroid of each New World coralsnake species in decimal degrees taken as the midpoint of the geographic range.Range size: the geographic range size of each New World coralsnake species in square kilometers calculated from minimum convex polygons.Synonyms: the number of synonyms for each New World coralsnake species.Body size: the total body length of each New World coralsnake species (from snout to tail tip) in millimeters.Papers: the number of scientific papers for each New World coralsnake species in which the species is the focal taxon.Records: the number of occurrence records retrieved from GBIF, scientific papers, and natural history museums for each New World coralsnake species.DR: The estimated DR statistic for each New World coralsnake species.Subspecies: the number of subspecies for each New World coralsnake species.Difficulty: the average response of taxonomists regarding the level of difficulty in delimiting a species.Splitting: the average response of taxonomists regarding the likelihood of an accepted New World coralsnake species being split after undergoing a taxonomic revision.Lumping: the average response of taxonomists regarding the likelihood of an accepted New World coralsnake species being lumped with another taxon after undergoing a taxonomic revision.Revision: Sum of the number of taxonomists who answered 1 (yes) regarding the need for a species to undergo a taxonomic review.Responses_taxonomistsThis file contains each taxonomist's response to the four questions in the questionnaire regarding the probability of a species undergoing splitting (Splitting Table), the need for a species to undergo a taxonomic revision (Revision Table), the difficulty in taxonomically delimiting a species (Difficulty Table), and the probability of a species being lumped with another taxon (Lumping Table).Figure_mapsThis file contains the data necessary for the construction of figure 2 in the manuscript.Species: the list of the 85 New World coralsnake speciesLatitude: the latitude of the centroid of each New World coralsnake species in decimal degrees taken as the midpoint of the geographic range.Longitude: the longitude of the centroid of each New World coralsnake species in decimal degrees taken as the midpoint of the geographic range.Difficulty.s: Average response of taxonomists to the difficulty in taxonomically delimiting a species, scaled to range between 0 and 1.Lumping.s: Average response of taxonomists regarding the likelihood of a species being lumped with another taxon, scaled to range between 0 and 1.Revision.s: Sum of the number of taxonomists who answered 1 (yes) regarding the need for a species to undergo a taxonomic review, scaled to range between 0 and 1.Splitting.s: Average response of taxonomists regarding the likelihood of a species being split, scaled to range between 0 and 1.difficulty.intervals: Average response of taxonomists to the difficulty in taxonomically delimiting a species, classified into intervals of 0.2.lumping.intervals: Average response of taxonomists regarding the likelihood of a species being lumped with another taxon, classified into intervals of 0.2.revision.intervals: Sum of the number of taxonomists who answered 1 (yes) regarding the need for a species to undergo a taxonomic review, classified into intervals of 0.2.splitting.intervals: Average response of taxonomists regarding the likelihood of a species being split, classified into intervals of 0.2.* The intervals of the last four variables were created based on variables 4 to 7, which are scaled to vary between 0 and 1.