UNA NUEVA PRESA DE LA SERPIENTE ÍNDIGO CENTROAMERICANA Drymarchon melanurus (COLUBRIDAE) EN OAXACA, MÉXICO

Daniel Rueda Hernández; Sergio Barcenas Arriaga

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.906

Autores/as

Daniel Rueda Hernández Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas
Sergio Barcenas Arriaga Av. Universidad C.P. 62209, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.906

Palabras clave:

depredación, Oaxaca, Historia natural, Drymarchon melanurus, Trimorphodon biscutatus

Resumen

Se revisó el contenido estomacal de un ejemplar adulto atropellado de la serpiente índigo centroamericana Drymarchon melanurus, en el municipio de Santa María Huatulco, Oaxaca, México. Se reporta por primera vez a la serpiente Trimorphodon biscutatus como parte de la dieta de la serpiente índigo centroamericana D. melanurus.

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