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DEATH OF AN ADULT Crotalus cerastes (VIPERIDAE) DUE TO INGESTION OF Dipsosaurus dorsalis (IGUANIDAE)

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We report the mortality of a Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes) by ingestion of a Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) in Los Algodones, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. We found a dead individual of C. cerastes in a habitat composed of dunes, without any apparent physical injury that caused its death; however, we observed a large prey item recently ingested, which we identified as a D. dorsalis. The continual documentation of these cases in snakes helps identify ecological-evolutionary forces in prey size selection.

Source: Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología

DOI: 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.2.1164

Authors: Leonardo Daniel Ponce Rosales, Gabriel Suárez-Varón, Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos, Leonardo Fernández-Badillo, Karime G. Gómez-Moreno

Institutions: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C.

Language: English

Topic: Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4412837745

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