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- Title
Predator–prey interaction between a boomslang, Dispholidus typus, and a flap‐necked chameleon, Chamaeleo dilepis.
- Authors
Berg, Philipp; Berg, Jessica; Berg, Rainer
- Abstract
Following yet another strike, the boomslang did hold on to the chameleon and quickly rotated around its own axis, overthrowing the chameleon (Figure 2a), which again was able to slip off the snake's jaws and bite back (Figure 2b). GLO:7ZA/01dec20:aje12782-fig-0001.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): 1 Boomslang, Dispholidus typus, preying upon a flap-necked chameleon, Chamaeleo dilepis, in Etosha National Park, Namibia. (f) During these minutes, the snake placed multiple strikes towards the chameleon's side, some of which were forceful enough to overthrow the latter and the penetration of the chameleon's skin by a posterior maxillary tooth was evident on one occasion[Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com] gl GLO:7ZA/01dec20:aje12782-fig-0002.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): 2 Dispholidus typus would repeatedly attack the resisting Chamaeleo dilepis again and again. Coagulating Colubrids: Evolutionary, pathophysiological and biodiscovery implications of venom variations between Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) and Twig Snake (Thelotornis mossambicanus).
- Subjects
PREDATION; SNAKEBITES; CHAMELEONS; COLUBRIDAE; ANIMAL behavior; CAMERA phones
- Publication
African Journal of Ecology, 2020, Vol 58, Issue 4, p855
- ISSN
0141-6707
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/aje.12782