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Supposed snake specialist consumes monitor lizards: diet and trophic implications of king cobra feeding ecology
Ecology ( IF 4.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-08 , DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3085 Max D Jones 1, 2 , Matt S Crane 1, 3 , Inês M S Silva 3 , Taksin Artchawakom 2, 4 , Surachit Waengsothorn 2 , Pongthep Suwanwaree 1 , Colin T Strine 1, 2 , Matt Goode 5
Ecology ( IF 4.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-08 , DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3085 Max D Jones 1, 2 , Matt S Crane 1, 3 , Inês M S Silva 3 , Taksin Artchawakom 2, 4 , Surachit Waengsothorn 2 , Pongthep Suwanwaree 1 , Colin T Strine 1, 2 , Matt Goode 5
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The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is an iconic elapid snake species distributed throughout tropical forests from southwestern India to the Philippines, and southern China to the Indonesian archipelago (Stuart et al., 2012). As the generic epithet suggests, king cobras are thought to specialize on snake prey. Documenting feeding habits of snakes in nature can be difficult due to their low detectability and long intervals between feeding bouts (Maritz et al., 2018). Radiotelemetry allows researchers to reliably locate individuals, making it possible to document predation by direct observation in the field.
更新日期：2020-09-08
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