Snake Functional Traits and Occurrence in the Upper Paraguay River Basin

145 snake species occurrence and trait data from the Upper Paraguay River Basin, analyzed to assess environmental and microhabitat influences. The dataset, authored by Vanessa Nocelli and last updated in June 2026, is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare. It likely contains functional trait measurements and environmental variables used in multivariate community assembly analysis.

Use Cases

• Modeling species distribution patterns based on environmental variables mentioned in the description
• Analyzing community composition and functional diversity indices in response to habitat gradients
• Investigating trait-microhabitat linkages for snake species
• Informing conservation strategies by integrating functional diversity metrics and environmental gradients

Strengths

• Includes data for 145 snake species, providing a substantial taxonomic scope
• Focuses on the Upper Paraguay River Basin, a defined and ecologically significant region
• Integrates occurrence, trait, and environmental data for multivariate analysis

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The 112.5 KB file size suggests a limited scope of data

Provenance

Source

Vanessa Nocelli via figshare

Collection Method

Analysis of collected occurrence and trait data using multivariate approaches.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 10:56:43; freshness should be verified

Geography

Upper Paraguay River Basin