AMAZONIA CAMTRAP: A data set of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest
Authors: Antunes Ana Carolina , Montanarin Anelise , Gräbin Diogo Maia , dos Santos Monteiro Erison Carlos , de Pinho Fernando Ferreira , Alvarenga Guilherme Costa , Ahumada Jorge , Wallace Robert B. , Ramalho Emiliano Esterci , Barnett Adrian Paul Ashton , Bager Alex , Lopes Alexandre Martins Costa , Keuroghlian Alexine , Giroux Aline , Herrera Ana María , de Almeida Correa Ana Paula , Meiga Ana Yoko , de Almeida Jácomo Anah Tereza , de Barros Barban Ananda , Antunes André , de Almeida Coelho André Giovanni , Camilo André Restel , Nunes André Valle , dos Santos Maroclo Gomes Andréa Cristina , da Silva Zanzini Antônio Carlos , Castro Arlison Bezerra , Desbiez Arnaud Léonard Jean , Figueiredo Axa , de Thoisy Benoit , Gauzens Benoit , Oliveira Brunno Tolentino , de Lima Camilla Angélica , Peres Carlos Augusto , Durigan Carlos César , Brocardo Carlos Rodrigo , da Rosa Clarissa Alves , Zárate‐Castañeda Claudia , Monteza‐Moreno Claudio M. , Carnicer Cleide , Trinca Cristiano Trape , Polli Daiana Jeronimo , da Silva Ferraz Daniel , Lane Daniel F. , da Rocha Daniel Gomes , Barcelos Daniele Cristina , Auz David , Rosa Dian Carlos Pinheiro , Silva Diego Afonso , Silvério Divino Vicente , Eaton Donald P. , Nakano‐Oliveira Eduardo , Venticinque Eduardo , Junior Elildo Carvalho , Mendonça Eloisa Neves , Vieira Emerson Monteiro , Isasi‐Catalá Emiliana , Fischer Erich , Castro Erika Paula , Oliveira Erison Gomes , de Melo Fabiano Rodrigues , de Lima Muniz Fábio , Rohe Fabio , Baccaro Fabrício Beggiato , Michalski Fernanda , Paim Fernanda Pozzan , Santos Fernanda , Anaguano Fernando , Palmeira Francesca Belem Lopes , da Silva Reis Francielly , Aguiar‐Silva Francisca Helena , de Avila Batista Gabriel , Zapata‐Ríos Galo , Forero‐Medina German , Neto Gilson De Souza Ferreira , Alves Giselle Bastos , Ayala Guido , Pedersoli Gustavo Henrique Prado , El Bizri Hani R. , do Prado Helena Alves , Mozerle Hugo Borghezan , Costa Hugo C. M. , Lima Ivan Junqueira , Palacios Jaime , de Resende Assis Jasmine , Boubli Jean P. , Metzger Jean Paul , Teixeira Jéssica Vieira , Miranda João Marcelo Deliberador , Polisar John , Salvador Julia , Borges‐Almeida Karen , Didier Karl , de Lima Pereira Karla Dayane , Torralvo Kelly , Gajapersad Krisna , Silveira Leandro , Maioli Leandro Uceli , Maracahipes‐Santos Leonardo , Valenzuela Leonor , Benavalli Letícia , Fletcher Lydia , Paolucci Lucas Navarro , Zanzini Lucas Pereira , da Silva Luciana Zago , Rodrigues Luiz Cláudio Ribeiro , Benchimol Maíra , Oliveira Marcela Alvares , Lima Marcela , da Silva Marcélia Basto , dos Santos Junior Marcelo Augusto , Viscarra Maria , Cohn‐Haft Mario , Abrahams Mark Ilan , Benedetti Maximiliano Auguto , Marmontel Miriam , Hirt Myriam R. , Tôrres Natália Mundim , Junior Orlando Ferreira Cruz , Alvarez‐Loayza Patricia , Jansen Patrick , Prist Paula Ribeiro , Brando Paulo Monteiro , Perônico Phamela Bernardes , do Nascimento Leite Rafael , Rabelo Rafael Magalhães , Sollmann Rahel , Beltrão‐Mendes Raone , Ferreira Raphael Augusto Foscarini , Coutinho Raphaella , da Costa Oliveira Regison , Ilha Renata , Hilário Renato Richard , Pires Ricardo Araújo Prudente , Sampaio Ricardo , da Silva Moreira Roberto , Botero‐Arias Robinson , Martinez Rodolfo Vasquez , de Albuquerque Nóbrega Rodrigo Affonso , Fadini Rodrigo Ferreira , Morato Ronaldo G. , Carneiro Ronaldo Leal , Almeida Rony Peterson Santos , Ramos Rossano Marchetti , Schaub Roxane , Dornas Rubem , Cueva Rubén , Rolim Samir , Laurindo Samuli , Espinosa Santiago , Fernandes Taís Nogueira , Sanaiotti Tania Margarete , Alvim Thiago Henrique Gomide , Dornas Tiago Teixeira , Piña Tony Enrique Noriega , Caetano Andrade Victor Lery , Santiago Wagner Tadeu Vieira , Magnusson William E. , Campos Zilca , Ribeiro Milton Cezar 
Published: May 2022

The Amazon forest has the highest biodiversity on Earth. However, information on Amazonian vertebrate diversity is still deficient and scattered across the published, peer‐reviewed, and gray literature and in unpublished raw data. Camera traps are an effective non‐invasive method of surveying vertebrates, applicable to different scales of time and space. In this study, we organized and standardized camera trap records from different Amazon regions to compile the most extensive data set of inventories of mammal, bird, and reptile species ever assembled for the area. The complete data set comprises 154,123 records of 317 species (185 birds, 119 mammals, and 13 reptiles) gathered from surveys from the Amazonian portion of eight countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela). The most frequently recorded species per taxa were: mammals: Cuniculus paca (11,907 records); birds: Pauxi tuberosa (3713 records); and reptiles: Tupinambis teguixin (716 records). The information detailed in this data paper opens up opportunities for new ecological studies at different spatial and temporal scales, allowing for a more accurate evaluation of the effects of habitat loss, fragmentation, climate change, and other human‐mediated defaunation processes in one of the most important and threatened tropical environments in the world. The data set is not copyright restricted; please cite this data paper when using its data in publications and we also request that researchers and educators inform us of how they are using these data.