FIRST PREDATION RECORD OF Celestus legnotus CAMPBELL & CAMARILLO 1994 (SQUAMATA: ANGUIDAE) BY Lampropeltis polyzona COPE, 1860 (SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE) IN PUEBLA, MÉXICO

Abstract

Colubrids are known to feed on other vertebrates such as birds, small mammals, lizards, and in some cases on eggs and invertebrates. On the contrary, there is a considerable gap in information on a variety of aspects of the natural history of anguids. We report the first record of Lampropeltis polyzona preying on Celestus legnotus, one of the least known anguids in México, so based on a photograph taken in the community of Atemeya, municipality of Yaonahuac, Puebla, it allows us to include C. legnotus with in of the L. polyzona diet.