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Diet of invasive Burmese Pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) in southern Florida, 1995-2020

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1995-01-01
End Date
2020-12-31

Citation

Romagosa, C.M., Mazzotti, F.J., Snow, R.W., Bartoszek, I., Dove, C.J., Diego Juárez-Sánchez, A., Suarez, E., Rochford, M.R., Krysko, K.L., Cherkiss, M.S., Falk, B.G., Josimovich, J.M., Yackel Adams, A.A., Currylow, A.F., Hart, K.M., and Reed R.N., 2023, Diet of invasive Burmese Pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) in southern Florida, 1995-2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A0V89V.

Summary

Digestive tract contents were identified to provide an account of Burmese python diet. Diet contents came from 1716 pythons collected by cooperators during 1995-2020 from public and private lands across southern Florida, primarily within the Greater Everglades Ecosystem. Burmese pythons consumed 76 species of fauna across three taxonomic classes (Aves, Mammalia, and Reptilia).

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Christina Romagosa, University of Florida
Originator :
Christina M. Romagosa, Frank J. Mazzotti, Ray W. Snow, Ian Bartoszek, Carla J. Dove, Antonio Diego Juárez-Sánchez, Eric Suarez, Michael R Rochford, Kenneth L. Krysko, Michael S Cherkiss, Bryan G Falk, Jillian M Josimovich, Amy A Yackel Adams, Andrea F Currylow, Kristen M Hart, Robert N Reed
Metadata Contact :
FORT Metadata Specialist
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Fort Collins Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Romagosa 2022 Python diet.xml
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PythonPrey.csv 4.92 KB text/csv

Purpose

Diet data verifies species consumed by invasive non-native pythons in Florida. Such prey data can inform which species are disproportionately affected by the predator.

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  • Fort Collins Science Center (FORT)
  • USGS Data Release Products

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9A0V89V

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