Software & Datasets

Software & Datasets

Below, you can access and download datasets and software available for future studies. If you utilize any data from these resources, please cite the relevant article(s).

  1. Life history traits of vipers | dataset containing substrate type, altitude range, geographical distribution, body mass (from Feldman et al. 2016), pattern polymorphism, and activity patterns for 126 viper species.
    Download available here from Goldenberg, J., D’Alba, L., Bisschop, K., Vanthournout, B., Shawkey, M. (2021). Substrate thermal properties influence ventral brightness evolution in ectotherms. Communications Biology, 4, 26.
  2. MacroBright_0.1 | custom-made interactive macro in ImageJ that guides the user to select the region of interests from which the researcher can obtain the brightness levels.
    Download available here from Goldenberg, J., D’Alba, L. Bisschop, K., Vanthournout, B., Shawkey, M. “Replication Data for: Substrate thermal properties influence ventral brightness evolution in ectotherms”; MacroBright v.0.1, DataverseNL, V2. (2020).
  3. Nesting ecology of non-avian reptiles | dataset containing incubation length, clutch size, nest type, geographical distribution and climate data for 91 species of non-avian reptiles.
    Download available here from D’Alba, L., Goldenberg, J., Nallapaneni, A.,Parkinson, D., Zhu, C., Vanthournout, B., Shawkey, M. (2021). Evolution of eggshell structure in relation to nesting ecology in non-avian reptiles. Journal of Morphology, 282, 1066-1079.