Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 4.2
Dietary
Preferences, Average Adult Size and Range of Representative Non-Front-Fanged Colubroid Species
Species
a
Reference
c
Family,
Subfamily
b
Average Adult
Size (cm)
Dietary
Preferences
Range
Remarks
Boiga
dendrophila
Colubridae,
Colubrinae
180-213
Lizards, frogs,
snakes, birds, small
mammals
Malaysia, Indonesia,
Philippine islands, southern
Thailand
Primarily arboreal feeding
behavior
Mehrtens (1987)
Boiga irregularis
Colubridae,
Colubrinae
140-200
Birds, bird eggs,
lizards, small
mammals
Solomon islands, New
Guinea, Australia
(inadvertently introduced
to Guam, Saipan, and other
Western Pacific islands)
Unnatural range has
occurred due to accidental
widespread introductions
Cogger (1975)
Dispholidus
typus
Colubridae,
Colubrinae
120-155
Chameleons, frogs,
small mammals,
fledgling birds
Sub-Saharan Africa,
extending down the east and
south coast to Cape Town
Probably the widest ranging
African tree snake. An active
predator of the arboreal strata
Visser and
Chapman (1978)
Hemorrhois
ravergieri
Colubridae,
Colubrinae
159 (max)
Lizards, birds,
rodents
Northeastern Africa, Israel,
Turkey, Afghanistan,
Pakistan
Small prey swallowed live,
large prey constricted
Latifi (1991)
Heterodon
nasicus
Dipsadidae,
Heterodontinae
35-45
Amphibians,
reptiles, small
mammals, birds,
rarely lizards
Southwest Manitoba,
south Alberta, southeast
Saskatchewan, south to east
and central Texas, New
Mexico, and Zacatecas,
Aguascalientes, San Luis
Potosi Mexico. Occurs in
isolated locales in Iowa,
Illinois, Missouri, Wyoming
Common species kept
by many amateur
herpetologists
Ernst and Ernst
(2003)
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Continued
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