Reptile Counts from Agricultural Surveys in Eastern Australia, 2014-2015

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery provides a dataset of reptile captures from grazing properties in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. The data includes 1,242 captures from 28 species, primarily from the family Scincidae, collected over 25,200 trap nights across 12 sites surveyed five times between 2014 and 2015. Experimental treatments and environmental variables were recorded alongside the count data.

Use Cases

• Modeling reptile species abundance based on survey timing and experimental treatments mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing biodiversity patterns in agricultural ecosystems based on the recorded environmental variables.
• Studying the population dynamics of Scincidae lizards based on the high proportion of captures from this family.
• Assessing the impact of grazing land management on reptile communities based on the site selection from farms.

Strengths

• Contains 1,242 recorded captures from 28 distinct reptile species.
• Data collection is substantial, covering 25,200 trapping nights across five survey periods.
• Includes experimental treatments and environmental variables alongside the core count data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Data gathered through pitfall and funnel trapping on grazing agricultural properties.

Time Range

January–March 2014 and October 2014–March 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06 13 11:45:04.008259; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Eastern Australia