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- Title
Estudo dos hábitos alimentares das serpentes Sibynomorphus neuwiedi e Sibynomorphus mikanii (Squamata, Dipsadidae) de Minas Gerais, Brasil.
- Authors
José Pilate, Vinícius; Matos Vieira, Fabiano; Maria de Sousa, Bernadete
- Abstract
Sibynomorphus neuwiedi (Ihering, 1911) and Sibynomorphus mikanii (Schlegel, 1837) are small sized snakes, nocturnal, non-venomous, snail eaters and commonly known as sleepy snakes. Studies about biology and ecology of both species are scarce. The goal of the present study was to analyze eating habits of the snakes S. neuwiedi and S. mikanii from Minas Gerais, Brazil, examining specimens in the Herpetological Collection of the UFJF - Reptiles. The 39 specimens of S. neuwiedi and 49 of S. mikanii analyzed where necropsied, sexed, and their gastrointestinal tract and digestive contents inspected in search of preys. The snakes showed similar diets: mollusks from species of the Family Veronicellidae, being registered the prey-species Sarasinula linguaeformis (Semper, 1885) in S. neuwiedi and Latipes erinaceus (Colosi, 1921) and Sarasinula sp. in S. mikanii.
- Subjects
GASTROINTESTINAL contents; FOOD habits; ECOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL system; SNAKES
- Publication
Cuadernos de Herpetología, 2020, Vol 34, Issue 2, p275
- ISSN
0326-551X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31017/CdH.2020.(2019-055)