Social Perception and Encounters with Snakes in Costa Rica: An Analysis through the Social Network Facebook

 

में बचाया:
ग्रंथसूची विवरण
लेखकों: Sánchez-Paniagua, Katherine, González-Villalobos, Katherine, Abarca, Juan G.
स्वरूप: artículo original
स्थिति:Versión publicada
प्रकाशन तिथि:2017
विवरण:Snakes are among the animals most affected by the ignorance of humans towards wildlife In Costa Rica, little effort has been made to know how snakes are affected by human actions. In the present study, we used information supplied to the Serpientes de Costa Rica page of the social network Facebook to find out: which species are reported most frequently? Which of these suffer the greatest number of deaths? and what ability to recognize them have those who send the reports? A total of 484 reports were obtained, 389 of which were non —venomous snakes and 95 were venomous, with 66 species being identified. The most frequent species were Ninia maculata, Senticolis triaspis, Leptodeira rhombifera, Boa imperator, Bothrops asper, Bothriechis schlegelii and Mastigodryas melanolomus. The genera with higher mortality were Mastigodryas, Bothrops, Senticolis, Geophis and Leptodeira. People killed one in four snakes, regardless of whether it was venomous or not. Species of the genera Mastigodryas, Geophis, Senticolis, Ninia and Leptodeira were among the least identified. The best identified species were B. imperator, B. asper and B. schlegelii. Only one in five people could correctly recognize whether a snake was poisonous or not. The reports were given with a small group of species, which seem to be the ones that are in closest contact with the studied population; education for the conservation of these animals can start with those species that seem to be more frequent and so people will gradually recognize and protect the wild life that surrounds them.
देश:Portal de Revistas UNA
संस्थान:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
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ऑनलाइन पहुंच:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/10128
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संकेत शब्द:Citizen science
conservation
interaction
reptiles
wildlife
ciencia ciudadana
conservación
interacción
vida silvestre
ciência cidadã
conservação
interação
répteis