D. caspius vs. M. xanthina

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D. caspius vs. M. xanthina

Postby Mario Schweiger » Thu Sep 08, 2016 4:22 pm

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Re: D. caspius vs. M. xanthina

Postby Ilian Velikov » Thu Sep 08, 2016 5:42 pm

Great documentation! Thanks Mario.

Caspian Whip snakes are famous for ophiophagy but I've never seen one with such big and dangerous prey (although how dangerous the prey is depends on the level of immunity the whip snake has to venom). They are really lightning fast. I've always loved Dolichophis, sorry viper lovers ;)
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Re: D. caspius vs. M. xanthina

Postby Mario Schweiger » Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:42 am

I had a turkish paper for review, on preying of herps by D. jugularis on Cyprus (photodocumentaion). Beside others the whipsnake is feeding on "large" lebetinas two times.
paper should be available this autumn.
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Re: D. caspius vs. M. xanthina

Postby Ilian Velikov » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:20 pm

It would be nice to read this.

Here are some nice photos of jugularis vs caspius and also what looks like cannibalism attempt in jugularis juveniles:

http://www.turkherptil.org/gozlemDetay.asp?UyeId=623&BilgiId=11126

http://www.turkherptil.org/gozlemDetay.asp?UyeId=358&BilgiId=8737
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