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A juvenile Bothrops asper ingesting an Enuliophis sclateri in Limón, Costa Rica, showing the distinctive head coloration of the prey (A) and the lump on the anterior part of the predator's body (B).
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... thank Natalia Pesantes-Villarreal for her field assistance. ; Fig. 1A). The site was surrounded by coastal lowland forest and was located ca. 20 m from a sandy beach. ...
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... a sandy beach. When we spotted the event, the ventral side of E. sclateri was facing above, and its head was protruding from the mouth of B. asper. The prey seemed to be already dead, and did not move throughout the entire observation. A conspicuous lump at the anterior part of the predator's body was present, probably caused by the ingested prey (Fig. 1B). These observations suggest that the E. sclateri had either been swallowed tail-first, or from the middle of the body with it being folded into a U-shape. The prey was completely consumed at 0118 h. This is the first report on the interaction between the two ...
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... However, despite the large number of predation reports by vipers (Bothrops) (Hertz et al., 2009;Jones et al., 2014;Gabrysova et al., 2020;Mata-Lorenzen and Solórzano, 2021) few of them describe how prey is ingested (head or tail-first). Although it is assumed that the terciopelo swallow prey head-first (e.g., Gabrysova et al., 2020;Mata-Lorenzen and Solórzano, 2021), it is possible that both head and tail-first ingestion are common in Bothrops (e.g., tail-first in Fujishima et al., 2021). Thus, including details about how individuals ingest their prey in future studies can help us determine the frequency of both strategies in the species. ...
