Table 1.

A summary of the top ten Binomial Generalised Linear Mixed Models used to determine association of various factors with the occurrence of skin lesions in snakes, ranked by their Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) score.

Predictor	Number of parameters (K)	AIC	ΔAIC	Weight	Log likelihood
Month + Sex + Snout Vent Length (SVL) + Slough Cycle Phase + Trauma	12	602.92	0.00	0.79	− 289.25
Month + Sex + SVL + Slough Cycle Phase	11	605.51	2.59	0.21	− 291.58
SVL + Slough Cycle Phase + Trauma	7	620.40	17.59	0.00	− 303.13
Slough Cycle Phase + SVL	6	621.11	18.19	0.00	− 304.50
Month + SVL	7	643.80	40.89	0.00	− 314.83
Sex + SVL	4	656.76	53.85	0.00	− 324.36
SVL + Trauma	4	657.59	54.67	0.00	− 324.77
SVL	3	658.86	55.94	0.00	− 326.41
Month + Slough Cycle Phase	9	727.66	124.74	0.00	− 354.71
Month + Trauma	7	736.83	133.91	0.00	− 361.34