Feeding ecology of the Terciopelo pit viper snake (Bothrops asper) in Ecuador

Thoroughly documenting prey items and diet composition is crucial for understanding a predator’s role in the ecosystem. In gape restricted predators, such as snakes, documenting and analyzing the type and size of the prey is important to interpret their ecological role. We describe the diet patterns...

• Main Author: Loaiza-Lange, Amaru (author)
• Other Authors: Székely, Diana (author), Torres-Carvajal, Omar (author), Tinoco, Nicolás (author), Salazar-Valenzuela, David (author), Székely, Paul (author)
• Format: article
• Language: eng
• Published: 2023
• Online Access: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36785705/; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14809/4953