A database on the historical and current occurrences of snakes in Eswatini.

IF 3.4 4区生物学 Q1 MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI:10.1093/database/baaf040

Ara Monadjem, Richard C Boycott, Thea Litscha-Koen, Adam Kane, Wisdom M Dlamini, Lindelwa Mmema, Katharine L Strutton, Zakhele Hlophe, Sara Padidar

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Abstract

Snakes are among the most difficult terrestrial vertebrates to survey, resulting in poor distributional information on most species. This database comprises of 3812 records of 58 species of snakes in 37 genera reported from within the boundaries of Eswatini. The data were compiled from multiple sources including museum specimens, iNaturalist records, literature records, and snake rescue operations. For each specimen reported in the database, we provide the scientific name, latitude and longitude coordinates, and location. Most records also have an associated date. This comprehensive database will be useful to biodiversity experts, conservationists, medical practitioners, researchers, and snake enthusiasts, especially for mapping and modelling snake distributions in the country. To allow easy viewing of the distribution of snakes in the country, we provide an online visualization tool, which should allow a greater number of non-scientists to utilize this database.

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关于史瓦蒂尼蛇的历史和当前事件的数据库。

蛇是最难调查的陆地脊椎动物之一，导致大多数物种的分布信息很差。该数据库包括在斯瓦蒂尼境内报道的37属58种蛇的3812条记录。这些数据来自多种来源，包括博物馆标本、自然学家记录、文献记录和蛇救援行动。对于数据库中报告的每个标本，我们提供了学名、经纬度坐标和位置。大多数记录也有一个相关的日期。这个综合数据库将对生物多样性专家、自然资源保护者、医疗从业者、研究人员和蛇爱好者有用，特别是对绘制和模拟该国蛇的分布非常有用。为了方便地查看蛇在该国的分布，我们提供了一个在线可视化工具，这应该允许更多的非科学家使用这个数据库。

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Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY-

CiteScore

9.00

自引率

3.40%

发文量

100

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Huge volumes of primary data are archived in numerous open-access databases, and with new generation technologies becoming more common in laboratories, large datasets will become even more prevalent. The archiving, curation, analysis and interpretation of all of these data are a challenge. Database development and biocuration are at the forefront of the endeavor to make sense of this mounting deluge of data. Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation provides an open access platform for the presentation of novel ideas in database research and biocuration, and aims to help strengthen the bridge between database developers, curators, and users.