Published August 21, 2021 | Version v1
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Movement data from a Malayan krait (Bungarus candidus) tracked in the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Suranaree University of Technology
  • 2. Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc

Description

Movement data gained through radio-telemetry of a single adult male Malayan krait (Bungarus candidus) among a protected forest of the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand for a period of 103 days (with 90 location fixes/datapoints).

 

BUCA40_movement_data.csv file column headings:

track_ID: number corresponding to the location check datapoint

animal_ID: B. candidus identifier number from the Sakaerat tracking project

datetime: Date and time when the snake was located (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm)

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

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

utm_zone: Universal Transverse Mercator zone (47N World Geodetic System 84)

GPS_accuracy: GPS location accuracy in meters (m)

behavior: The animal’s behavior observed during the location check (e.g. sheltering, foraging, moving, or feeding)

shelter_type: Identified selected shelter type

habitat_type: Land-use type where the snake was located 

Notes

This project was supported by the Thailand Institute of Science and Technological Research (TISTR), The National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), the Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, and Suranaree University of Technology. We had ethical approval from the Suranaree University of Technology Ethics Committee, and all work was permitted by the National Research Council of Thailand (0002/27; 0402/4367).

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