Elevational gradients of reptiles: Western Ghats, India

We studied elevational gradients of reptile richness in the southern
Western Ghats of India. We tested different hypotheses explaining
elevational diversity and examined the major drivers of species richness
patterns. We collected data on reptiles using Visual Encounter Survey
(VES) methods in each 100 m elvation zones in the Agasthyamalai Hills
which has elevation ranging from 100 m to 1500 m a.s.l.. We used 10×10 m
quadrats for estimating tree density data that we used in our
final analysis. We also collected climatic data such as mean annual
temperature and precipitation representing each sampling location as
bioclimatic variables influencing species richness. Here we submit all
these datasets concerning reptiles (richness and abundance) and
bioclimatic variables (along with the R-script for analysis) that we used
for  our manuscript titled "Elevational gradients of reptile
richness in the southern Western Ghats of India: evaluating spatial and
bioclimatic drivers."