https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.v41ns1s2z

This was an experimental cross-infection study where common-garden reared cane toads from across their invaded range in Australia were infected with Rhabdias lungworm parasites from across the range. The dataset contains information on the origins of host and parasite, their sizes and the infection success of the experimental pairings.

Description of the data and file structure

The data set is an excel file with columns for these variables-

Variable name          Variable description

ID                              Individual identification code for each toad

Litter                         The captive-bred family each toad originated from

toad site                    The location that the parental toads that produced each litter were originally captured from

Toad state                 The Australian state that each parental capture site was located in

worm site                  The location that the toads that donated infective Rhabdias larvae were originally captured from.

worm state               The Australian state that each Rhabdias-donating toad capture site was located in

Total Rhabdias          The number of adult Rhabdias present in each toads lungs upon euthanasia and dissection

Snout-vent length     Total body length (in mm) of each toad at the time of experimental infection

L3 PC1                       Principal component describing body size (combination of length and width) of Rhabdias larvae used in each batch of experimental infections.