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Amazonian Snail-Eater

Dipsas indica

Description:

The "Amazonian Snail-Eater" depends on closed-canopy rain forest for its diet of snails, which the snake can extract from their shells using its slender jaw.

Habitat:

Found in South America. ( Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay). The region where this specimen was found is a region of transition between the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest.

Notes:

A person found this snake and led to my College to be identified...

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LeonardoMB
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LeonardoMB

São José do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Apr 19, 2013
Submitted on Apr 24, 2013

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