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

Description

his dataset contains the raw and processed data from experiments examining the effects of body temperature on feeding performance in juvenile Red Cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus). Measured variables include active foraging, attack latency, prey-handling time, prey-handling behavior selection and complexity, peak constriction pressure, the maximum number of body loops formed during constriction, prey-item 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 were obtained under standard laboratory conditions. We used glmmTMB, lme4, and gamlss functions 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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