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Rojas Morales, J. A., Cabrera Vargas, F. A., & Ruiz Valderrama, D. H. (2018). Ninia hudsoni (SERPENTES: DIPSADIDAE) as prey of the coral snake Micrurus hemprichii ortonii (SERPENTES: ELAPIDAE) in northwestern amazonia. Boletín Científico. Centro De Museos, 22(1), 102–105. https://doi.org/10.17151/bccm.2018.22.1.9
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Objective: To make a description of a predatory event by the Micrurus hemprichii ortonii coral snake on the Ninia hudsoni snake. Scope: Contribution to the knowledge of the natural history of Neotropical snakes, particularly in relation to trophic interactions. Methodology: Dissection in the laboratory. Main result: This is the first record of the trophic interaction between M. h. ortonii and N. hudsoni. Conclusions: The relation between the total length of the prey and the snout-vent length of the predator was very high (>90%), indicating that this species of coral snake can ingest preys of great volume and size in relation to its own body.
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