Body-bending behaviour recorded in Philodryas nattereri in the Atlantic Forest of Northeast Brazil

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/rca.v16i3.8643

Keywords:

snake, defense tactics, restinga

Abstract

Snakes have several defense tactics against predators, the body-bending behavior (bbb) is reported for only 17 species of snakes in the world. We present the first record of bbb in Philodryas nattereri in a coastal restinga environment in northeastern Brazil. This record seeks to fill in gaps about this behavior that is still little reported in snakes, we indicate the possibility of using the bbb for different strategies in P. nattereri. We hope that more work can be published on bbb in order to better understand this intriguing behavior used by snakes.

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Jéssica Monique da Silva Amaral, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Monitoramento Ambiental, Rio Tinto (Paraíba), Brazil

Vanessa do Nascimento Barbosa, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Monitoramento Ambiental, Rio Tinto (Paraíba), Brazil

Sebastião Silva dos Santos, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Monitoramento Ambiental, Rio Tinto (Paraíba), Brazil

Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues França, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Departamento de Engenharia e Meio Ambiente, Centro de Ciências Aplicadas e Educação, Rio Tinto (Paraíba), Brazil

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2022-12-29

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Vol. 16 No. 3 (2022)

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