Table 1_Health assessment and multipathogen surveillance of free-ranging snakes in the sou

A health assessment of 509 free-ranging snake individuals representing 29 species, sampled from May 2022 to May 2024. The dataset includes pathogen detection rates for Salmonella enterica, Hepatozoon spp., Mycoplasma spp., Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, Cryptosporidium spp., and Raillietiella orientalis. It was authored by Corinna M. Mishin and published on figshare in 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling coinfection risks based on the reported strong association between coinfection and apparent ophidiomycosis.
• Analyzing spatiotemporal trends in pathogen prevalence based on monthly sampling across multiple sites.
• Assessing species-specific disease susceptibility based on the reported increased risk in pygmy rattlesnakes.
• Investigating associations between pathogen detection and host condition based on reported links to nutritional scores.

Strengths

• Includes 509 individual snake samples with 49 recaptures, representing 29 species.
• Reports specific pathogen detection prevalences, such as 62.6% for Salmonella enterica and 16.1% for Ophidiomyces ophidiicola.
• Covers a multi-year sampling period from 2021 to 2024 across three U.S. states.
• Analyzes coinfection prevalence (44.0%) and its statistical association with disease.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific wetland sites sampled in Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Corinna M. Mishin.

Collection Method

Health assessments via physical exams and multipathogen surveillance using swabs, blood, and fecal samples, plus inclusion of diagnostic cases.

Time Range

Primary sampling from May 2022 to May 2024, with diagnostic cases from 2021 to 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 06:02:15; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wetland sites in Volusia County, Florida; Jasper County, South Carolina; and a site in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, USA.