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ISO 19115 Topic Category

biota

Other Subject Keywords

Winter survival, Invasive reptiles, tegu, Invasive species, Argentine Black and White Tegu, hibernation, Invasive range expansion

Place Keywords

Florida, Southeastern United States of America, Alabama

Temperature data for tegu lizard study in Auburn, Alabama 2017-2018

The dataset contains 11 columns of data collected 2017-2018 during a study to assess the ability of invasive Argentine Black and White Tegu (Salvator merianae) to survive in temperate climates of the southeastern USA. Lizards were individually housed in outdoor semi-natural enclosures on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, USA. Database contains tegu identification number, sex, and mean body temperatures as well as environmental temperatures. Temperature data was collected using micro data loggers (iButton Thermochrons) either internally implanted in lizards or placed in lizard enclosures.

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Author(s) Scott M Goetz orcid, David A. Steen orcid, Melissa A. Miller orcid, Craig Guyer orcid, Jack Kottwitz, John F. Roberts, Emmett Blankenship, Phillip R. Pearson, Daniel A. Warner, Robert Reed orcid
Publication Date 2021-02-05
Beginning Date of Data 2017-08-03
Ending Date of Data 2018-06-10
Data Contact
Scott M Goetz
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YLV6IF
Citation Goetz, S.M., Steen, D.A., Miller, M.A., Guyer, C., Kottwitz, J., Roberts, J.F., Blankenship, E., Pearson, P.R., Warner, D.A., and Reed, R., 2021, Temperature data for tegu lizard study in Auburn, Alabama 2017-2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YLV6IF.
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Metadata Date 2021-02-05
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