Fist record of ophiophagy in the false coral snake Oxyrhopus trigeminus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
| Autor: | Géssica Oliveira Ramos, Ronei Bruno Xavier Martins, Alcéster Diego Coelho-Lima, Lyse Panelli de Castro Meira |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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biology
integumentary system Coral digestive oral and skin physiology Wildlife Zoology nutritional and metabolic diseases Predation General Medicine biology.organism_classification complex mixtures Diet Feeding behavior Oxybelis aeneus parasitic diseases Ophiophagy Zoología Oxyrhopus trigeminus Brazilian semiarid Coral snake |
| Popis: | The false coral Oxyrhopus trigeminus is a very common snake in Northeastern Brazil. The diet of O. trigeminus includes mainly lizards, although the consumption of small mammals and birds has been recorded in other studies. Ophiophagy had previously not been reported for the false coral snake. This event occured during a wildlife rescue operation. Upon capture and translocation of an adult individual of this species, the snake regurgitated an individual of the vine snake Oxybelis aeneus. Asociación Herpetológica Argentina |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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