Adult Scolopendra mortician subduing a juvenile Coelognathus radiatus in Mizoram, India.

Adult Scolopendra mortician subduing a juvenile Coelognathus radiatus in Mizoram, India.

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... (ca. 29 cm total length) immobilizing the snake (ca. 61 cm total length) on a cement floor in the corridor of the Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India (23.4412°N, 92.3947°E; WGS 84; 793 m elev.). The centipede was firmly biting the lower jaw of the C. radiatus and grasping the snake with almost every pair of legs (Fig. 1A). The snake was completely subdued after ca. 20 min of struggling to disentangle itself from the grasping appendages of the predator (Fig. 1B). In order to avoid potential disturbances, either from other animals or pedestrians, both of the animals were translocated out of the corridor to a terrarium. After 2 d, the centipede had eaten ...
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... Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India (23.4412°N, 92.3947°E; WGS 84; 793 m elev.). The centipede was firmly biting the lower jaw of the C. radiatus and grasping the snake with almost every pair of legs (Fig. 1A). The snake was completely subdued after ca. 20 min of struggling to disentangle itself from the grasping appendages of the predator (Fig. 1B). In order to avoid potential disturbances, either from other animals or pedestrians, both of the animals were translocated out of the corridor to a terrarium. After 2 d, the centipede had eaten half of the head of the snake, exposing parts of its skull, and also parts of the mid-body and tail. The centipede was released back into the ...
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... adult specimen of C. nasus (248 mm SVL, 67 mm tail length) was collected for morphometric studies (collection permit issued by SEMARNAT CNANP-00-007). During its time in captivity, fecal remains were examined to obtain data on feeding habits. We found exoskeleton fragments, including pieces of carapace, chela, metasoma, and telson of a scorpion (Fig. 1). We followed Saavedra and Francke (2013. Biológicas 15:52-62) keys to identify the scorpion as a species of Centruroides, which is a genus of venomous scorpions widely distributed in North America. Although at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology there is an unpublished record of another unidentified species of scorpion ...

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