Published April 3, 2020 | Version v1
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Supposed "snake specialist" consumes monitor lizards: diet and trophic implications of king cobra feeding ecology

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Suranaree University of Technology
  • 2. King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
  • 3. Sakaerat Environmental Research Station
  • 4. University of Arizona

Description

King cobra predation events on Varanus nebulosus. Included: photographic evidence of each event, king cobra biometric data from most recent measurements and location information.

.csv file column headings:

folderid: The Zenodo folder ID containing the photographic evidence of event.

obvdate: Date of observation (yyyy-mm-dd)

obvtime: Time of observation (24hr)

snakeid: Unique ID given to individual king cobras captured

svlmm: King cobra snout-to-vent length (mm)

tlmm: King cobra tail length (mm)

totalmm: King cobra total length (mm)

massg: King cobra mass (g)

easting: UTM easting (UTM Zone 47N; Datum WGS84)

northing: UTM northing (UTM Zone 47N; Datum WGS84)

gpsaccm: Accuracy of GPS location (m)

notes: Comments on predation event

Notes

Research is supported by Wildlife Reserves Singapore and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (Thailand). We had ethical approval from the Suranaree University of Technology Ethics Committee (24/2560). All work was permitted by the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Thailand and the National Research Council of Thailand (98/59; 20/62).

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