• DOI:10.1643/CH-10-100
Corpus ID: 86226277

Goo-Eaters: Diets of the Neotropical Snakes Dipsas and Sibon in Central Panama

@article{Ray2012GooEatersDO,
  title={Goo-Eaters: Diets of the Neotropical Snakes Dipsas and Sibon in Central Panama},
  author={J. M. Ray and C. Montgomery and Heidi K. Mahon and A. Savitzky and K. Lips},
  journal={Copeia},
  year={2012},
  volume={2012},
  pages={197 - 202}
}

• J. M. Ray, C. Montgomery, +2 authors K. Lips
• Published 2012
• Biology
• Copeia

We describe the diet composition of six species of dipsadines (Sibon longifrenis, S. argus, S. annulatus, S. nebulatus, Dipsas nicholsi, Dipsas sp.) from two montane forest sites in central Panama. Between 2005 and 2007 we captured 473 individual snakes, of which 305 contained no prey and two contained gut contents. Of the 166 fecal samples collected, 41 had no identifiable prey and 125 contained identifiable prey. We analyzed fecal samples and found that dipsadines at our study sites feed on… Expand

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