Predation on murid rodents by the Giant Trope, Tropidophis melanurus (Squamata: Tropidophiidae), with comments on predation of mammals by snakes of the genus Tropidophis

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  • Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera Sociedad Cubana de Zoología, Cuba
  • Ernesto Morell Savall Reparto Virginia, Santa Clara, Villa Clara 50100, Cuba
  • Alejandro M. Rodríguez-González Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de las Villas, Santa Clara, Villa Clara 50100, Cuba
  • Alejandro Hernández Gómez Calle 202, #28109ª, Rpto Consuelo, Boyeros, La Habana, Cuba
  • Javier Torres Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA

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https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v28i3.15876

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The Variable Harlequin Toad (Atelopus varius) has suffered extensive declines in Panama and Costa Rica. Of 169 previously documented populations, only seven are known to survive.

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2021-11-25 — Updated on 2021-11-27

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Vol. 28 No. 3 (2021): Reptiles & Amphibians

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Rodríguez-Cabrera, T. M., Morell Savall, E., Rodríguez-González, A. M., Hernández Gómez, A., & Torres, J. (2021). Predation on murid rodents by the Giant Trope, Tropidophis melanurus (Squamata: Tropidophiidae), with comments on predation of mammals by snakes of the genus Tropidophis. Reptiles & Amphibians, 28(3), 516-519. https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v28i3.15876 (Original work published 2021)