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- alimentary behavior of animals which hunt and eat snakes. There are ophiophagous mammals (such as the skunks and the mongooses), birds (such as snake...
- these, about 45 subspecies are recognized. They are nonvenomous and ophiophagous in diet. Kingsnakes vary widely in size and coloration. They can be as...
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- Venomous snakes that also use constriction include the genus Clelia (ophiophagous South American mildly venomous rear-fanged colubrids which use constriction...
- causes them to be triangular in cross section. Kraits are nocturnal and ophiophagous, preying chiefly upon other snakes including those of their kinds, although...
- birds, such as herons, cranes, and egrets. It is also pre**** upon by ophiophagous snakes, including their own species. Humphreys (1881) described how a...
- regal ringneck snake, unlike other subspecies, is almost exclusively ophiophagous, having a diet that consists primarily of other snakes, such as the earth...
- and other invertebrate prey. Worm snakes are a common food source for ophiophagous snake species, such as the coral snakes, Micrurus fulvius and Micrurus...
- and thus the size of males are relatively small. The bandy-bandy is ophiophagous i.e. eats snakes. Despite covering a large distribution across Australia...
- consists primarily of smaller mammals, but they are also known to be partly ophiophagous. The Papuan python is not commonly available in the exotic pet trade...