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Serpentoviruses in free-ranging invasive pythons and native colubrids in southern Florida, United States, 2018-2020

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2018-02-10
End Date
2020-04-07

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Tillis, S.B., Josimovich, J.M., Miller, M.A., Hoon-Hanks, L.L., Hartmann, A.M., Claunch, N.M., Iredale, M.E., Logan, T.D., Yackel Adams, A.A., Bartoszek, I.A., Humphrey, J.S., Kluever, B.M., Stenglein, M.D., Reed, R.N., Romagosa, C.M., Wellehan Jr., J.F.X., Ossiboff, R.J., 2024, Serpentoviruses in free-ranging invasive pythons and native colubrids in southern Florida, United States, 2018-2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98AZ5AU.

Summary

The presence of serpentoviruses in Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) and native snakes were collected and compiled to characterize serpentovirus in wild free-ranging pythons and free-ranging native snakes within the invasive range of the pythons in southern Florida. Virus presence was tested in 318 pythons and 219 Native snakes, primarily within the Greater Everglades Ecosystem of south Florida. When available, variables collected from submitted samples used for analysis included sampling date, sampling season (Summer/Fall/Winter/Spring), capture date, sample number (if tested more than once), reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rtPCR) result (positive/negative), virus type (categorical), sex (male/female), snout-vent [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Robert J. Ossiboff, Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Amy A Yackel Adams
Originator :
Steven B. Tillis, Jillian M. Josimovich, Melissa A. Miller, Laura L. Hoon-Hanks, Arik M. Hartman, Natalie M. Claunch, Marley E. Iredale, Tracey D. Logan, Ian A. Bartoszek, John S. Humphrey, Bryan M. Kluever, Mark D. Stenglein, Robert N. Reed, Christina M. Romagosa, James F.X. Wellehan, Jr., Robert J. Ossiboff
Metadata Contact :
FORT Data Management, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Fort Collins Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Serpentovirus Florida.xml
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View 		46.06 KB application/fgdc+xml
Burmese Python.csv 40.56 KB text/csv
Native Snakes.csv 21.93 KB text/csv

Purpose

Invasive species can introduce nonnative pathogens that can harm native species. The risk of serpentoviruses to invasive and native species is unknown but the potential for spillover to native herpetofauna exists. These data were collected to determine if serpentoviruses were present in Burmese pythons and native snakes within the python range in southern Florida.

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This work is marked with Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P98AZ5AU

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