
FIRST RECORD AND DIET OF THE TEXAS PATH-NOSED SNAKE (Salvadora grahamiae lineata) IN PUEBLA, MEXICO
Author(s) -
J. Alberto Cruz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista latinoamericana de herpetología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2594-2158
DOI - 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2019.2.80
Subject(s) - geography , genus , biology , zoology , ecology
We report the first record of Salvadora grahamiae lineata in Northern Puebla State, Mexico, and we examined the stomach contents founded two partially digested Sceloporus grammicus (graphic spiny lizard). This report increased to four species of path-nosed snakes, genus Salvadora, in Puebla State, and extending the known distribution of S. grahamiae lineata southern of San Miguel Regla, Hidalgo, into the Puebla state. This is de first record of Sceloporus grammicus in the diet of S. grahamiae lineata and the third record of the genus Sceloporus as diet of the Salvadora snakes.