DEPREDACIÓN DE Geophis semidoliatus (SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE) POR Leptodeira septentrionalis (SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE)

Dulce Maria Castro-Tafolla; Víctor Vásquez-Cruz

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.901

Authors

Dulce Maria Castro-Tafolla Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Veracruzana
Víctor Vásquez-Cruz Universidad Veracruzana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.901

Keywords:

Diet, opistoglyphs, predator, predator-prey interaction, prey, snake, ophisthoglyphous

Abstract

We present the first case of predation of a coral earth snake Geophis semidoliatus by a cat-eyed snake Leptodeira septentrionalis in the municipality of Atoyac, Veracruz, Mexico. Furthermore, we briefly discuss the implications of this predator-prey interaction.

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