Observations of feeding behaviour of an Oxyrhopus melanogenys (Serpentes: Dipsadidae): description of a novel prey-processing manoeuvre

Matthew Armes; Brian Crnobrna; Harry Fonseca Williams

Observations of feeding behaviour of an Oxyrhopus melanogenys (Serpentes: Dipsadidae): description of a novel prey-processing manoeuvre

Matthew Armes
, Brian Crnobrna
, Harry Fonseca Williams

Asociación Fauna Forever
Cardiff University

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Abstract

An Oxyrhopus melanogenys was observed consuming a mouse in the Peruvian Amazon, exhibiting an unexpected and apparently undescribed behaviour. The posterior portion of the body was used to press the mouse into the snake’s mouth, utilizing a repeated coiling manoeuvre directed at the snake’s feeding apparatus. The potential significance of this observation is discussed

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	126-130
Journal	Salamandra
Volume	53
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 15 Feb 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Observations of feeding behaviour of an Oxyrhopus melanogenys (Serpentes: Dipsadidae): description of a novel prey-processing manoeuvre

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