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Posted by: BobHansen at Wed Nov 17 14:51:41 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BobHansen ] Just to follow up on the constriction angle with Diadophis...We published a note a couple of years ago in Herp Review concerning an observation of an adult Diadophis in CA found constricting a plethodontid salamander. The whole business of whether Diadophis envenoms prey across its range is unstudied. Regals are obviously venomous and I suspect that ringnecks from other parts of the range are too--it's just that they don't attain the impressive size of regalis and don't feed on other snakes--so detailed observations of feeding have not attracted much attention from careful observers. My hunch is that ringnecks that employ constriction do so not in the conventional sense (which is to kill prey before ingestion), but rather use constriction to subdue prey in order to facilitate envenomation/ingestion. But, they are great animals, aren't they? | ||
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