Annual survival rate and age structure of habu,Trimeresurus flavoviridis (Viperidae), on Minna island,Japan: Estimation from removal trapping |
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Authors: | Masahiko Nishimura Seiki Katsuren |
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Institution: | 1. Habu Study Section, Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Ozato 2003, 901-12, Okinawa, Japan
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Abstract: | A population of a viperid snake,Trimeresurus flavoviridis, was studied over 10 years by removal trapping on a small subtropical island in Japan. The sex ratio of trapped individuals changed seasonally, but was not biased to either sex in the whole sample of 258 individuals. The age of each individual was estimated through the size structure and the age-size relationship. The minimum number of individuals at the beginning of the study was estimated through accumulating older individuals trapped in the subsequent years. By assuming an annual natural survival rate in the course of this accumulation, an age structure was simulated which led to calculate a resulted natural survival rate. The assumed rate of 0.62 fitted best to the resulted one. The annual trapped proportion estimated on the simulated absolute number of individuals was higher in older individuals than in younger ones with the overall mean of 16%. |
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Keywords: | age structure sex ratio survival rate removal trapping island population Trimeresurus flavoviridis Okinawa |
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