Can post-capture photographic identification as a wildlife marking technique be undermined by observer error? A case study using King Cobras in northeast Thailand

Max Dolton Jones; Benjamin Michael Marshall; Samantha Nicole Smith; Jack Taylor Christie; Surachit Waengsothorn; Taksin Artchawakom; Pongthep Suwanwaree; Colin Thomas Strine

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242826

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Can post-capture photographic identification as a wildlife marking technique be undermined by observer error? A case study using King Cobras in northeast Thailand

Max Dolton Jones ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: maxdoltonjones@gmail.com (MDJ); colin_strine@sut.ac.th (CTS)

Affiliation School of Biology, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3556-9796

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Benjamin Michael Marshall,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biology, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9554-0605

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Samantha Nicole Smith,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biology, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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Jack Taylor Christie,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Thailand Institute of Science and Technological Research, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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Surachit Waengsothorn,

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Thailand Institute of Science and Technological Research, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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Taksin Artchawakom,

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Population and Community Development Association, Bangkok, Thailand
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Pongthep Suwanwaree,

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation School of Biology, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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Colin Thomas Strine

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: maxdoltonjones@gmail.com (MDJ); colin_strine@sut.ac.th (CTS)

Affiliation School of Biology, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5614-292X

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Can post-capture photographic identification as a wildlife marking technique be undermined by observer error? A case study using King Cobras in northeast Thailand

Max Dolton Jones,
Benjamin Michael Marshall,
Samantha Nicole Smith,
Jack Taylor Christie,
Surachit Waengsothorn,
Taksin Artchawakom,
Pongthep Suwanwaree,
Colin Thomas Strine

Published: December 9, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242826

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