Data and code from: Spatial ecology of the Turks & Caicos boa, Chilabothrus c. chrysogaster Cope, 1871 (Serpentes: Boidae)

Obtaining ecological and natural history data from cryptic squamates can be challenging, but is crucial to understanding species’ biology, particularly in the context of conservation. In the Greater Antilles, this challenge is especially apparent, particularly among the West Indian boas (genus Chilabothrus). Most species have had only minimal natural history study, with a few exceptions. The Turks & Caicos boa (C. chrysogaster) has been studied intensively for over 16 years on the small privately owned island of Big Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands. We conducted a multi-year radio-tracking study on the species to generate information relevant to spatial habitat use and movement that will inform conservation decision-making in the face of increasing development pressure. We tracked a total of 19 female snakes using surgically implanted transmitters, enabling us to obtain between 16 and 40 location observations per boa over the lifetime of each transmitter. We estimated home ra..., Snake radio telemetry., R v. 4.2.3., # Data from: Spatial Ecology of the Turks & Caicos Boa, Chilabothrus c. chrysogaster Cope, 1871 (Serpentes: Boidae)

1\) Data file (boas2.csv) and R code (R_Code__Reynolds_etal_2023.r) to run basic spatial statistics

This data file contains latitude and longitude for each snake for each encounter. The date, time, and snake ID are included as columns. The R code will allow a user to calculate distances traveled, as well as basic KUD calculations. Each row is a single observation of a snake, identified in the the name column.

2\) Data files to run spatial statistics with the package ctmm. See the external CTMM package help file for column naming conventions.

This folder contains the following data files:

boa_telem_data.csv. This file contains the telemetry data for all boas, formatted into the input format for ctmm. Each row is a single snake observation, identified by the event-id. Other columns include visible (was the snake found), the timestamp in CTMM format, the lat/long coo...