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Provedor de dados: 	104	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Snakes preying on bats: new records from Brazil and a review of recorded cases in the Neotropical Region	
Autores: 	Esbérard,Carlos E. L.; Vrcibradic,Davor.	
Data: 	2007-01-01	
Ano: 	2007	
Palavras-chave: 	Adaptation; Boidae; Colubridae; Feeding habits; Predation.	
Resumo: 	Predation on bats by snakes is relatively infrequently reported in the literature, though it may actually not be an uncommon phenomenon, since bat colonies represent a potential concentration of food for many medium-sized or large snakes. Herein we describe four events of bat predation by snakes and present a review of predation records of snakes on bats in the Neotropics compiled from the literature. A total of 20 species of snakes have been recorded so far as predators of bats in the New World tropics, with boiids being represented by the greatest number of cases. Due to the semi-arboreal habits of most of its species, their large size and their usual preference for mammalian prey, the Boiidae are probably the main reptilian predators of bats in the Neotropics, though predation by colubrids may also be relatively frequent. Two types of predatory events can be pointed out: (1) on active bats outside refuges or exiting them, and (2) on animals (active or inactive) inside refuges. The former strategy is apparently used mainly by boiids, whereas the latter strategy appears to be the one most used by large colubrids.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752007000300036	
Editor: 	Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0101-81752007000300036	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Revista Brasileira de Zoologia  v.24 n.3 2007	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess