Subterranean predation on pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus)

J. Burger; R. T. Zappalorti; J. Dowdell; T. Georgiadis; J. Hill; M. Gochfeld

doi:10.2307/1564879

Subterranean predation on pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus)

J. Burger, R. T. Zappalorti, J. Dowdell, T. Georgiadis, J. Hill, M. Gochfeld

School of Arts and Sciences, Cell Biology & Neuroscience

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Abstract

Examined subterranean predation rates in the hibernacula and nesting burrows of pine snakes in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Snakes were killed by red fox Vulpes fulva, striped skunk Mephitis mephitis and short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda. In 201 snake nests, 42 were dug up by foxes, seven were dug up by skunks, and in one a scarlet snake Cemophora coccinea was eating an egg. -from Authors

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	259-263
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Herpetology
Volume	26
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/1564879
State	Published - 1992

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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Subterranean predation on pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus)

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