DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.26873875.v2
title: <b>Macroecological correlates of taxonomic uncertainty in New World coralsnakes</b>

description: This repository contains all data, scripts, and functions related to the manuscript titled ‘<i>Macroecological correlates of taxonomic uncertainty in New World coralsnakes</i>.’<b>Metadata</b><b>Variables</b>This file contains the data necessary to perform phylogenetic analyses (PGLS), Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and to create Figure 1Species: the list of the 85 New World coralsnake speciesDescription date: the date of description of each New World coral snake species multiplied by -1. The date of description refers to the date on which the species was first described.Latitude: the latitude of the centroid of each New World coralsnake species in decimal degrees taken as the midpoint of the geographic range.Longitude: the longitude of the centroid of each New World coralsnake species in decimal degrees taken as the midpoint of the geographic range.Range size: the geographic range size of each New World coralsnake species in square kilometers calculated from minimum convex polygons.Synonyms: the number of synonyms for each New World coralsnake species.Body size: the total body length of each New World coralsnake species (from snout to tail tip) in millimeters.Papers: the number of scientific papers for each New World coralsnake species in which the species is the focal taxon.Records: the number of occurrence records retrieved from GBIF, scientific papers, and natural history museums for each New World coralsnake species.DR: The estimated DR statistic for each New World coralsnake species.Subspecies: the number of subspecies for each New World coralsnake species.Difficulty: the average response of taxonomists regarding the level of difficulty in delimiting a species.Splitting: the average response of taxonomists regarding the likelihood of an accepted New World coralsnake species being split after undergoing a taxonomic revision.Lumping: the average response of taxonomists regarding the likelihood of an accepted New World coralsnake species being lumped with another taxon after undergoing a taxonomic revision.Revision: Sum of the number of taxonomists who answered 1 (yes) regarding the need for a species to undergo a taxonomic review.<br><b>Responses_taxonomists</b>This file contains each taxonomist's response to the four questions in the questionnaire regarding the probability of a species undergoing splitting (Splitting Table), the need for a species to undergo a taxonomic revision (Revision Table), the difficulty in taxonomically delimiting a species (Difficulty Table), and the probability of a species being lumped with another taxon (Lumping Table).<b>Figure_maps</b>This file contains the data necessary for the construction of figure 2 in the manuscript.Species: the list of the 85 New World coralsnake speciesLatitude: the latitude of the centroid of each New World coralsnake species in decimal degrees taken as the midpoint of the geographic range.Longitude: the longitude of the centroid of each New World coralsnake species in decimal degrees taken as the midpoint of the geographic range.Difficulty.s: Average response of taxonomists to the difficulty in taxonomically delimiting a species, scaled to range between 0 and 1.Lumping.s: Average response of taxonomists regarding the likelihood of a species being lumped with another taxon, scaled to range between 0 and 1.Revision.s: Sum of the number of taxonomists who answered 1 (yes) regarding the need for a species to undergo a taxonomic review, scaled to range between 0 and 1.Splitting.s: Average response of taxonomists regarding the likelihood of a species being split, scaled to range between 0 and 1.difficulty.intervals: Average response of taxonomists to the difficulty in taxonomically delimiting a species, classified into intervals of 0.2.lumping.intervals: Average response of taxonomists regarding the likelihood of a species being lumped with another taxon, classified into intervals of 0.2.revision.intervals: Sum of the number of taxonomists who answered 1 (yes) regarding the need for a species to undergo a taxonomic review, classified into intervals of 0.2.splitting.intervals: Average response of taxonomists regarding the likelihood of a species being split, classified into intervals of 0.2.* The intervals of the last four variables were created based on variables 4 to 7, which are scaled to vary between 0 and 1.<br>