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1 December 2009 Prey of the Broad-Banded Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata) and the Diamondback Watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer)
Paul M. Hampton, Nicholas Haertle, Schuyler F. Dartez, Carolina Monteiro
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Abstract

Stomach contents of Nerodia fasciata and Nerodia rhombifer from Louisiana and Texas were examined by either palpation or dissection. Recovered prey included one new prey item (Siren intermedia) for N. fasciata and one (Arius felis) for N. rhombifer. Prey:predator ratios of mass and total size of meals are reported.

Paul M. Hampton, Nicholas Haertle, Schuyler F. Dartez, and Carolina Monteiro "Prey of the Broad-Banded Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata) and the Diamondback Watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer)," The Southwestern Naturalist 54(4), 521-523, (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.1894/GC-197.1
Received: 18 July 2008; Accepted: 1 January 2009; Published: 1 December 2009
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