Through the Save The Snakes Support Grant Program, Save The Snakes supported Felipe Triana in 2022 to increase awareness about snakes in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. This project focuses on determining spatio-temporal ecological patterns (home range, movement rates, and micro and macrohabitat selection) in snakes located in protected areas and relocated snakes, using the Central American rattlesnake as a case study. Little is known about the movement patterns of rattlesnakes in Costa Rica and Felipe’s research will protect snakes and further mitigate human-snake conflict.
The goals of this project include estimating the home range and movement rates of the Central American rattlesnake, creating a list of the regions affected by snakebite accidents and educating people in the affected regions. Felipe and his team evaluated the characteristics of the habitats selected by rattlesnakes, compared this to the conservation strategies for other snakes in Costa Rica and created new management plans or improved existing plans for conservation.
Congratulations to Felipe and his team for their incredible snake conservation efforts! We look forward to learning more about their future endeavors. We’re so grateful that Felipe shared this video with our organization and we hope you can enjoy it, too!
Save The Snakes Support Grants and the projects they fund, like Felipe Triana’s important research, are made possible because of the generosity of compassionate people and organizations who are inspired and dedicated to protect threatened snake populations and mitigate human-snake conflict around the world.
