Diet of the colubrid snake, Thamnodynastes strigatus (Günther, 1858) from Paraná State, Brazil, with field notes on anuran predation.
Dissection of 44 specimens of the colubrid snake Thamnodynastes strigatus (Serpentes: Colubridae) provided data on food habits. Prey items include frogs (71.4% of the sample), rodents (14.3%), fishes (10.7%), and lizards (3.6%). The most of the anuran species recorded (Bufo sp., Leptodactylus sp., Physalaemus cuvieri and Scinax fuscovarius) are ground dwellers or call at the water level. Field observations provided information on the feeding behavior.
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. bernarde@bol.com.br
P S
PS
Bernarde
J C
JC
Moura-Leite
R A
RA
Machado
M N
MN
Kokobum
D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D001938:Brazil; D017812:Colubridae / Q000502:physiology*; D004032:Diet; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents; D008297:Male; D011235:Predatory Behavior