Predation on a tropical house gecko, <i>Hemidactylus mabouia</i> by a juvenile colubrid snake, <i>Chironius bicarinatus</i>, in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest area

Snakes in the Neotropical genus Chironius are mainly batrachophagous, and tend to consume relatively small prey. We present a report of a juvenile Chironius bicarinatus that had ingested a house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) corresponding to ca. 62% of its preserved body mass. The ingestion of such...

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Autores principales: Vrcibradic, Davor, Eisfeld, Alexia
Formato: Articulo Comunicacion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2016
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Ciencias Naturales
comida
Serpientes
Presas
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/55898
http://ppct.caicyt.gov.ar/index.php/cuadherpetol/article/view/7752/8411
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comida
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Vrcibradic, Davor
Eisfeld, Alexia
Predation on a tropical house gecko, <i>Hemidactylus mabouia</i> by a juvenile colubrid snake, <i>Chironius bicarinatus</i>, in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest area
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comida
Serpientes
Presas
description Snakes in the Neotropical genus Chironius are mainly batrachophagous, and tend to consume relatively small prey. We present a report of a juvenile Chironius bicarinatus that had ingested a house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) corresponding to ca. 62% of its preserved body mass. The ingestion of such a large prey item is unusual for a snake of the genus Chironius, as is the consumption of lizards. Consumption of unusually large prey items may be more common in young snakes than in adults, possibly due to a lower availability of prey of appropriate size and/ or to a lower capacity to evaluate the size of potential prey.
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author Vrcibradic, Davor
Eisfeld, Alexia
author_facet Vrcibradic, Davor
Eisfeld, Alexia
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title Predation on a tropical house gecko, <i>Hemidactylus mabouia</i> by a juvenile colubrid snake, <i>Chironius bicarinatus</i>, in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest area
title_short Predation on a tropical house gecko, <i>Hemidactylus mabouia</i> by a juvenile colubrid snake, <i>Chironius bicarinatus</i>, in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest area
title_full Predation on a tropical house gecko, <i>Hemidactylus mabouia</i> by a juvenile colubrid snake, <i>Chironius bicarinatus</i>, in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest area
title_fullStr Predation on a tropical house gecko, <i>Hemidactylus mabouia</i> by a juvenile colubrid snake, <i>Chironius bicarinatus</i>, in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest area
title_full_unstemmed Predation on a tropical house gecko, <i>Hemidactylus mabouia</i> by a juvenile colubrid snake, <i>Chironius bicarinatus</i>, in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest area
title_sort predation on a tropical house gecko, <i>hemidactylus mabouia</i> by a juvenile colubrid snake, <i>chironius bicarinatus</i>, in a brazilian atlantic rainforest area
publishDate 2016
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/55898
http://ppct.caicyt.gov.ar/index.php/cuadherpetol/article/view/7752/8411
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