A Photographic Record of a Rare Ophidian Predation Event

Edward J. Tivador; Samuel Bonge; Stephanie Rodriguez; Jeffery R. Woniak; William I. Lutterschmidt

doi:10.1656/058.010.0317

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Edward J. Tivador,¹ Samuel Bonge,¹ Stephanie Rodriguez,¹ Jeffery R. Woniak,² William I. Lutterschmidt^1,2,*

¹1Department of Biological Sciences
²2Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77

^*Corresponding author-lutterschmidt@shsu.edu.

Abstract

Most records of predator-prey relationships for snakes are based on stomach-content analyses, but herein we present photographic documentation of predation on an Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (Southern Copperhead) by a Micrurus tener (Texas Coralsnake). In the context of published studies, our report implies that although predation on pitvipers by coralsnakes is rare, it may be unusually more frequent in east Texas.

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Edward J. Tivador, Samuel Bonge, Stephanie Rodriguez, Jeffery R. Woniak, and William I. Lutterschmidt "A Photographic Record of a Rare Ophidian Predation Event," Southeastern Naturalist 10(3), 561-562, (1 September 2011). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.010.0317

Published: 1 September 2011

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