Descrição
Monitor Lizards of the Varanidae family are a diverse group of reptiles of the Squamata order, representing the ancient group of anguimorph reptiles. Distributed throughout Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Australasia. They serve as predators and scavengers in local ecosystems. According to the IUCN, the Yellow Monitor (Varanus flavescens) is declared endangered (EN), and the Bengal Monitor (Varanus bengalensis) is categorized as Nearly Threatened (NT). Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) and Desert Monitor (Varanus griseus) are still listed under Least Concern (LC). In India, all four species fall under Schedule I Part II of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act (1972). Monitor Lizards have been fascinating species in the reptile class. Their morphological characteristics, behavior, and coexistence within human settlement have been a reason for much research about these lizards. Recent scenarios show that the population of different species are declining due to urban sprawling, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, overuse of pesticides and many other reasons. As initiated in 2022 and the remarkable response we received, we are back again with the Monitor Lizard (Varanus spp.) count for 2023 to understand the current population and distribution pattern of Monitor lizards all over India and to educate the citizens about these species by involving them in this counting process.
Registros de Dados
Os dados deste recurso de ocorrência foram publicados como um Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), que é o formato padronizado para compartilhamento de dados de biodiversidade como um conjunto de uma ou mais tabelas de dados. A tabela de dados do núcleo contém 93 registros.
Também existem 1 tabelas de dados de extensão. Um registro de extensão fornece informações adicionais sobre um registro do núcleo. O número de registros em cada tabela de dados de extensão é ilustrado abaixo.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versões
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Como citar
Pesquisadores deveriam citar esta obra da seguinte maneira:
Samrat C, Mandal P, Das M, Sain R, Mukherjee R, Das A, Majumdar A, Chatterjee A, Barman N, Basu Roy A, Barve V (2024). World Lizard Day 2023: Monitor Lizard (Varanus spp.) Count in India. Version 1.0. Nature Mates-Nature Club. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=lizard_day_nmnc&v=1.0
Direitos
Pesquisadores devem respeitar a seguinte declaração de direitos:
O editor e o detentor dos direitos deste trabalho é Nature Mates-Nature Club. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
Este recurso foi registrado no GBIF e atribuído ao seguinte GBIF UUID: de5e8fab-0b1e-41c1-9010-416328d61493. Nature Mates-Nature Club publica este recurso, e está registrado no GBIF como um publicador de dados aprovado por Participant Node Managers Committee.
Palavras-chave
Occurrence; Observation
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Cobertura Geográfica
The study was carried out all across the India.
Coordenadas delimitadoras | Sul Oeste [9,709, 67,324], Norte Leste [34,886, 84,375] |
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Cobertura Taxonômica
Nenhuma descrição disponível
Reino | Animalia |
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Filo | Chordata |
Class | Reptilia |
Ordem | Squamata |
Família | Varanidae |
Cobertura Temporal
Data Inicial / Data final | 2023-08-14 / 2023-09-14 |
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Métodos de Amostragem
opportunistic sampling and submission of data online through a google form questionnaire. Historical data was also accepted.
Área de Estudo | This study was conducted throughout the India during monsoon season. |
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Descrição dos passos do método:
- Data was collected using a google form questionnaire. Photos of the lizard were also provided, wherever possible by the users. Date, location (both are mandatory), habitat and behavior (optional). This form was circulated along with an instructions poster in ecologically inclined google groups, mails, different social media channels as well as personal messages.
Citações bibliográficas
- Chatterjee A, Samrat C, Mandal P, Das M, William S, Majumdar A, Barman N, Basu Roy A, Barve V (2023). World Lizard Day 2022 : Monitor Lizard Count India. Version 1.6. Nature Mates-Nature Club. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/49tzb9 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-06-22. https://www.gbif.org/
Metadados Adicionais
Propósito | For understanding the distribution of Monitor lizard species throughout the India. |
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Identificadores alternativos | de5e8fab-0b1e-41c1-9010-416328d61493 |
https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=lizard_day_nmnc |