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Multivariate Characterization of Phenotypic Variation in Philippine-endemic coral snakes of the genus Hemibungarus

Data and scripts for morphological investigation of Philippine-endemic coral snakes (Hemibungarus)

Hemibungarus Samples

• All samples measured in this study (adults and juveniles) can be found at :

  https://github.com/jbernst/hemibungarus_diversity/blob/main/Supplemental_Table_S1_Morph-Data.xlsx

Quantitative Statistical Analyses

• Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) on Hemibungarus data was used with three- and four-group partitions. All scripts and associated files can be found at:

  https://github.com/jbernst/hemibungarus_diversity/tree/main/PCoA

• Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) and Principal Component Analysis on Hemibungarus data (four groups) can be found at:

  https://github.com/jbernst/hemibungarus_diversity/tree/main/LDA_PCA Original code for LDA analysis is credited to Dr. Angelo Soto-Centeno

Source Publication

Bernstein, J. M., Bautista, J., Diesmos, A. C., Clores, M. A., Cuesta, M., Sanguila, M. B., and Brown, R M. 2021. Multivariate characterization of phenotypic variation from throughout the geographic ranges of Philippine false coral snakes: two species or four? Ichthyology and Herpetology 109(4): 1036–1046.

Link to Paper

DOI to paper: https://doi.org/10.1643/h2021035