THE RINGED CAT-EYE SNAKE Leptodeira annulata (COLUBRIDAE: DIPSADINAE) AS HUNTER AND PREY: A REVIEW OF ITS DIET IN THE UPPER AMAZON RIVER BASIN

Authors

  • Manuel R. Dueñas Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, División de Herpetología. Quito, Ecuador.
  • Lesly Báez. E. Universidad Central del Ecuador, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Quito, Ecuador.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.2.576

Keywords:

Amazon, Bufonidae, Colubridae, diet, Nasua nasua, Leptodeira annulata, Saimiri cassiquiarensis, toads

Abstract

We report new toad and frog prey from the Bufonidae and Hylidae families in the diet of the ringed cat-eye snake Leptodeira annulata in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Likewise, we show L. annulata as prey for two species of mammals (one terrestrial and one arboreal). Our observations include records from localities where no cases of predation had previously been reported. Finally, we present the literature review of the diet of L. annulata in the upper Amazon River basin.

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2023-05-19

How to Cite

Dueñas, M. R., & Báez. E., L. (2023). THE RINGED CAT-EYE SNAKE Leptodeira annulata (COLUBRIDAE: DIPSADINAE) AS HUNTER AND PREY: A REVIEW OF ITS DIET IN THE UPPER AMAZON RIVER BASIN. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 6(2), e576 (102 – 112). https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.2.576

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2023): Amphibians and Reptiles: diversity and natural history

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