The effects of temperature on the prey-handling behaviors of juvenile Pantherophis guttatus

Description

This dataset contains raw and processed data from experiments examining the effects of body temperature on juvenile cornsnake (Pantherophis guttatus) feeding and performance. Measured variables include foraging behavior (active searching duration and attack latency), prey-handling behavior selection and complexity, peak constriction pressure, maximum number of body loops formed during constriction, ingestion success, meal retention, and growth measured as percent mass increase. Snakes were tested across multiple temperature treatments within standard husbandry ranges.

Steps to reproduce

All feeding data was obtained under standard laboratory conditions.We used the glmmTMB, lme4, and ordinal packages in RStudio to run our various models.

Institutions

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  VA, Blacksburg
• Emporia State University

  KS, Emporia
• Missouri Southern State University

  MO, Joplin

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