Dataset for "Saur and decline: patterns in lizard imports to the US (2000-2022)"

Dataset for the study: "Saur and decline: patterns in lizard imports to the US (2000-2022)".

Files include:

Lizard_trade_script_v2: R script for summarising data and creating figures.

Lizard_trade_data_2: LEMIS data filtered for lizards only from Eskew et al. 2020 and Marshall et al. 2025.

List_of_genera_v1: A list of all lizard genera developed from a manual inspection of the Reptile Database.

Port_names_data_v2: A list of port of entry names and approximate coordinates in the United States.

Country_codes_v1: A list of country names and corresponding country codes in the LEMIS dataset.

For original LEMIS data files, which includes LEMIS data for other taxa and more comprehensive information, see:

Eskew et al. 2020 (https://zenodo.org/records/3565869)

Marshall et al. 2025 (https://figshare.com/s/960af99373aba13791be)