Food habits of snakes from the RPPN Feliciano Miguel Abdala, an Atlantic Forest fragment of southeastern Brazil

Authors

  • Cesar Felipe de Souza Palmuti Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia
  • José Cassimiro Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia
  • Jaime Bertoluci Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura ‘Luiz de Queiroz’, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas

Keywords:

serpentes, diet, feeding ecology, phylogenetic influence on diet, Atlantic Forest

Abstract

We present data on the diet of 15 species of snakes belonging to a community from Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Feliciano Miguel Abdala, an Atlantic Forest fragment of Southeastern Brazil, based on their stomach contents. For 12 items we were able to determine the direction of the ingestion. Most snakes ingested the prey head-first. A cluster analysis was conducted with items grouped as chilopods, mollusks, adult anurans, anuran tadpoles, lizards, amphisbaenians, snakes, and rodents. The phylogenetic influence on diet preferences is discussed.
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Published

2009-03-01

How to Cite

Palmuti, C. F. de S., Cassimiro, J., & Bertoluci, J. (2009). Food habits of snakes from the RPPN Feliciano Miguel Abdala, an Atlantic Forest fragment of southeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 9(1). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/475

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2009): v9n1

Section

Short Communications

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