Garcia-Padilla Et Al. 2011. P. Bairdi, Diet and Foraging. Herpetological Review, 42(2) 300

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DAVOR VRCIBRADIC, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Fed-eral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Pasteur 458, Urca,22240-290, Rio deJaneiro, RJ, Brazil (e-mail: [email protected]); MAURICIO ALMEIDA-GOMES (e-mail: [email protected]), CARLA C. SIQUEIRA (e-mail: [email protected]), VITOR N ETSON T. BORGES-JUNIOR(e-mail: borges_bio6ryahoo.com.br), and CARLOS FREDERICO D. ROCHA(e-mail: [email protected]), Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade doEstado do Rio deJaneiro, Rua 56o Francisco Xavier 524, Maracana,20550-01 1, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.I'AN:ilIEROPIIIS BAIRDI (Baixl's Ratsnake). DIET AND FOR-AGING BEHAVIOR. A Pantherophis bairdi was found inside acave (La Sepultura) in the municipality of Cd. Victoria, Tamau-lipas, M6xico (23.7756667"N, 99.22S8056"W datumWGSB4; elev.597 m). The snake was found coiled 2 m above the ground alongone of the rvalls of the cave attempting to catch bats of the spe-cies Leptonycteris curasoae (Fig. l). Other species of bats foundand identified in this cave included Desmodus rotundus, Di-phylla ecaudata, and Pteronotus parnelli. Previous reports men-tion that P. bairdi preys on rats, mice, bats, birds, bird eggs, andlizards, without reference to specific species or families of eachgroup (Schulz 1996. A Monograph of the Colubrid Snakes of theGenus Elaphe Fitzinger. Koeltz Scientific Books, Czech Republic.439 pp.). Schulz (1996, op. cit.) mentions that caves are inhabitedby several species of rat snakes at least temporarily. For example,Pantherophis guttata, P obsoleta, and Senticolis triaspis wererecorded from caves occupied by bats, which served as prey.Moreover, the only known P bairdi record in this municipalitywas published in 2009, but referred to a specimen found byT. W.Walker in 1969 (Farr et al. 2009. Herpetol. Rev. 40:459-467). Thus,this record represents the second municipality record in a spanof over 40 years. The snake and bats were not caught or collectedand were identified photographically and with the help of LuisCanseco-Mdrquez and Arnulfo Moreno-Valdez, respectively. Wealso thank David Lazcano-Villarreal for revising the manuscript.ELi GARCIA-PADILLA, Centro de lnvestigaciones Biol69icas delNoroeste, Mar Bermejo 195, Colonia Palo de Santa Rita, La Paz, Baja Cali-fornia Sur, 23090 M6xico (e-mail: [email protected]); .IOSE lVAfrtCUMPIAN-MEDELLIN, NOE FELIPE VARGAS GONZALEZ, ANd AARON

Ftc. l. Pantherophis bairdi atlempting to carch Leptonycteris curasoaein the cave La Sepultura, Tamaulipas, M6xico.

HERNANDEZ MALDONADO, lnstituto Tecnol69ico de Cd. Victoria.vard Emil io Portes Gil 1 301 pte. Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, 8701 0 MexPANIIIEROPHIS SP/IOIDES (Gray llatsnake). REPROTIVE BEHAVIOR / ARBOREAL MALE COMBAT. The goal ocombat in snakes is to establish dominance over an oppthrough physical superiority (Gillingham 1987. In Seigeleds.l, Snakes: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, pp. 18McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., NewYork). Male ratsnakes cofor mates by participating in dominance "combat dancesley 1971. I. Herpetol. 5:65-66; Stickel et al. 1980. Amer. Mid103:l-14); although the role of this behavior is not fully ustood (Rigley, op. cit.). The arboreal habits of species in thetherophis obsoleta complex are also well documented (ErnErnst 2003. Snakes of the United States and Canada. Smithian Institution Press., Washington, D.C., 68l pp.), and armating has been noted in P o. obsoleta (Padgett 1987. Cateana 7:27-28), but to our knowledge, arboreal male combnot been reported.On 24 May 2006 at 1200 h, we observed a pair of free-ramale Pantherophis spiloides engaged in arboreal combat oCamp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Forrest Co., Msippi, USA. The snakes were found entwined approximatelabove ground, hanging from a broken limb in a Quercuslandica (Fig. l). The smaller male (SVL = l4l cm, 612 g) cued to break contact and move up the tree, and was follow

Frc. l. TWo adult male Pantherophis spiloides engaged in arbcombat in Forrest Co., Mississippi, USA.

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