Stray food records from New York and Michigan snakes

TitleStray food records from New York and Michigan snakes
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1979
AuthorsBrown E.E
JournalThe American Midlands Naturalist
Volume102
Pagination200-203
KeywordsTHAMNOPHIS
Abstract

Collections of 246 food items from 163 snakes of seven species are detailed. The most substantial records are for Thamnophis s. sirtalis, T. s. septentrionalis and Lampropeltis t. triangulum. The most basic groups of food items delineated are: for T. sirtalis, amphibians and earthworms (with an apparent distinct difference between New York and northern Michigan); for T. sauritus, small anuran amphibians; for Storeria occipitomaculata, small slugs; for Diadophis punctatus, small salamanders and earthworms; for Opheodrys vernalis, lepidopteran larvae, orthopterans and lycosid spiders; for L. triangulum, chiefly small mammals, with some young birds and reptiles.