Background points for reptile species distribution modelling, Victoria, Australia

Input file used to model the species distributions of 40 reptile species in Victoria, Australia.<br>10749 background locations used in MaxEnt modelling. 5749 points generated using reptile occurrence dataset. Additional 5000 points generated at random locations within a 50% kernal density polygon generated from the reptile occurrence dataset. Methods used to generate the input files and perform modelling are outlined in the methods section of the abovementioned publication.<br><br>Original reptile occurrence records dataset obtained from Victorian Biodiversity Atlas - https://vba.dse.vic.gov.au/vba/#/<br>About the VBA -https://www.environment.vic.gov.au/biodiversity/victorian-biodiversity-atlasMetadata -http://services.land.vic.gov.au/catalogue/metadata?anzlicId=ANZVI0803004161&amp;publicId=guest&amp;extractionProviderId=1#tab0