Salamander Dorsal Coloration and Traits, 2026 Study

57.8 MB of data supporting a 2026 study on melanism in fire salamanders. The dataset includes segmented dorsal images and individual trait information for Salamandra salamandra. It was authored by Lucía Alarcón-Ríos and published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling the effects of insularity on dorsal coloration based on habitat classification.
• Analyzing correlations between body size (SVL) and melanistic patterns.
• Investigating sex-based differences in color segmentation percentages.
• Using segmented image layers for computer vision analysis of animal patterns.

Strengths

• Includes both tabular trait data and segmented image data in a 57.8 MB package.
• Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed 2026 publication in the Journal of Zoology.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Lucía Alarcón-Ríos.

Collection Method

Data collected for a study on Salamandra salamandra; method details are in the associated article.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 09:38:37