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. 2024 Mar 18;16(3):157. doi: 10.3390/toxins16030157

Table 2.

Logistic regression models for dichotomous antipredator behaviors of mainland (N = 20) and Santa Catalina Island (N = 10), California, USA, populations of the southern Pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus helleri).

Predictors a B SE Wald p-Value Odds Ratio (95% C.I.)
Rattle before grasping (χ23 = 2.55, p = 0.47, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.11, 56.7% predicted correctly)
Population 1.08 1.24 0.93 0.336 2.95 (0.33–26.70)
Snake length −0.09 0.07 2.05 0.153 0.91 (0.80–1.04)
Duration captivity 0.002 0.05 0.00 0.961 1.00 (0.91–1.10)
Rattle during grasping (χ23 = 2.51, p = 0.47, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.15, 86.7% predicted correctly)
Population 2.50 2.16 1.33 0.248 12.12 (0.18–838.97)
Snake length −0.12 0.12 0.94 0.333 0.89 (0.70–1.13)
Duration captivity −0.05 0.08 0.42 0.518 0.95 (0.82–1.11)
Rattle during extraction (χ23 = 1.11, p = 0.78, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.06, 76.7% predicted correctly)
Population 0.30 1.18 0.06 0.800 1.35 (0.13–13.51)
Snake length 0.02 0.07 0.10 0.754 1.02 (0.89–1.17)
Duration captivity −0.05 0.06 0.70 0.402 0.95 (0.85–1.07)
Cloacal gland discharge (χ23 = 1.33, p = 0.72, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.08, 86.7% predicted correctly)
Population −0.60 1.74 0.12 0.729 0.55 (0.18–16.65)
Snake length 0.08 010 0.79 0.374 1.09 (0.90–1.31)
Duration captivity −0.05 0.07 0.56 0.456 0.95 (0.83–1.09)
Attempted to bite (χ23 = 10.55, p = 0.014, Nagelkerke R2 = 0.41, 80.0% predicted correctly)
Population −4.06 1.81 5.06 0.024 0.02 (0.00–0.59)
Snake length 0.11 0.10 1.21 0.272 1.12 (0.92–1.35)
Duration captivity −0.01 0.06 0.04 0.837 0.99 (0.88–1.11)

a Snake size and duration in captivity were treated as continuous variables.