Qinghai Lizard Life-History Data from a 2023-2024 Warming Experiment

Raw data and R code support analyses of warming effects on the Qinghai toad-headed lizard (Phrynocephalus vlangalii). Data were collected from a semi-natural warming experiment at two elevations (2600 m and 3600 m) on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau during the active seasons of 2023 and 2024. The dataset includes measurements of maternal traits, offspring performance, and physiological indicators under warming and control treatments.

Use Cases

• Modeling the effects of experimental warming on reproductive phenology based on maternal life-history trait data.
• Analyzing elevation-specific differences in offspring growth and survival rates mentioned in the description.
• Investigating the relationship between environmental warming and physiological indicators like telomere length.
• Reproducing statistical analyses using the provided annotated R scripts for methodological validation.

Strengths

• Includes fully annotated R scripts for data processing and statistical analyses, facilitating reproducibility.
• Data collection is structured around a controlled semi-natural warming experiment at two distinct elevations (2600 m and 3600 m).
• Covers multiple biological scales: maternal traits, offspring performance, and physiological indicators.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small (696.1 KB), indicating a limited scope of observations.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Xiaolong Zhao.

Collection Method

Collected from a semi-natural warming experiment on the Qinghai toad-headed lizard.

Time Range

Active seasons of 2023 and 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 05:12:47; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau at elevations of 2600 m and 3600 m.