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

Authors

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

Keywords:

predation, Oaxaca, natural history, Drymarchon melanurus, Trimorphodon biscutatus

Abstract

We review the stomach content of a roadkill adult specimen of the Central American indigo snake Drymarchon melanurus, in the municipality of Santa María Huatulco, Oaxaca, México. We report for the first time the snake Trimorphodon biscutatus as part of the diet of the Central American indigo snake D. melanurus.

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