DEPREDACIÓN DE Incilius cristatus (ANURA: BUFONIDAE) POR Leptodeira septentrionalis (KENNICOTT, 1859) (SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE) EN SAN ANDRES TZICUILAN, MUNICIPIO DE CUETZALAN DEL PROGRESO, PUEBLA.

Abstract

The diet of colubrid snakes is based mainly on birds, small mammals, lizards, and in some cases, eggs and invertebrates.There is evidence that snakes of the genus Leptodeira, a group of nocturnal arboreal snakes, feed primarily on amphibians. However, few aspects of the natural history of the snake Leptodeira septentrionalis are known. Based on a photographed observation in the community of San Andrés Tzicuilan, Cuetzalan, Puebla, we report the first record of L. septentrionalis depredating on Incilius cristatus.