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Cocos Island, Guam Brown Treesnake Rapid Response Visual Survey and Capture Data, 10/2020 - 05/2023

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Start Date
2020-10-21
End Date
2023-05-18

Citation

U.S. Geological Survey, 2023, Cocos Island, Guam Brown Treesnake Rapid Response Visual Survey and Capture Data, 10/2020 - 05/2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MT1JNO.

Summary

These data were generated during a USGS Rapid Response for brown treesnakes (Boiga irregularis) on Cocos Island Guam (Islan Dåno’, Guåhan in CHamoru). They represent data collected during nocturnal visual surveys for brown treesnakes and data associated with captured snakes, effort during visual surveys as time and distance, as well as lizards, birds, and bats encountered during transect surveys. These data represent all data collected from the onset of the rapid response in October 2020 through a typhoon that caused major site disturbance in May 2023. Data represent only USGS efforts during the specified time period. Additional data may be available for other organizations operating during the specified time period.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Melia G Nafus
Originator :
U.S. Geological Survey
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey - PIERC
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Brown Treesnake Boiga irregularis.jfif
“Brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis). Credit: USGS.”
thumbnail 279.98 KB image/jpeg
Cocos Island Captures.csv 5.75 KB text/csv
Cocos Island VIS EFFORT.csv 89.29 KB text/csv

Purpose

The data were collected as part of a Rapid Response effort to remove brown treesnakes from an island in which they were detected. The appropriate use of these data is related to confirming brown treesnake presence, describing their demographic structure, as well as understand prey species presence.
Brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis). Credit: USGS.
Brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis). Credit: USGS.

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  • Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
  • USGS Data Release Products

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