Descriptive Habitat Model for the Cayos Cochinos Boa Constrictor on Cayos Cochinos Menor, Honduras

Abstract

The Cayos Cochinos Boa constrictor (CCB) is an endangered and endemic species of Boa constrictor which inhabits a chain of islands located off the north coast of Honduras. The goal of this research is to develop a habitat model within a geographic information systems (GIS) framework for the CCB on the second largest island in the Cayos Cochinos chain, Cayos Cochinos Menor. A suite of existing geospatial data, including environmental variables such as temperature, humidity, precipitation recorded by a 94 operative temperature models (OTM) across the island, and CCB capture data were prepared for use in a GIS.