Northern rubber boa climate-niche shift
Detailed Description
The northern rubber boa is an example of a species predicted to have a smaller climate-niche space by the end of the century. Under climate scenario RCP 8.5--which assumes carbon emissions stay near current levels--this species' range could be reduced from most of the northwestern U.S. to only a small portion of British Columbia.
Sources/Usage
GIF is a modified version of Figure 1 from the article "Climate futures for lizards and snakes in western North America may result in new species management issues," published by the journal Ecology and Evolution (CC BY 4.0).