Literature Survey on Predators of Snakes in Japan
Literature Survey on Predators of Snakes in Japan
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日本蛇类天敌文献调查
DOI：
10.5358/hsj.19.97
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发表时间：
2000
影响因子：
0.7
通讯作者：
A. Mori
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文献类型：
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作者：
Koji Tanaka;A. Mori
蛇类特有的防御行为及其生态学和形态学上的相关性已被很好地记录下来。然而，对这些特征的生物学解释往往缺乏关于蛇的实际捕食者的信息。关于日本蛇的天敌，既没有定量数据，也没有系统的评价。在这里，我们回顾并综合了日本已发表的关于蛇类捕食者的报道。我们确认了59种/亚种的捕食者和21种猎物蛇。我们希望这篇综述能激发生物学家和博物学家进一步记录蛇类的捕食事件，并有助于阐明蛇类的防御机制。
Characteristic defensive behaviors of snakes and their ecological and morphological correlates have been well documented. Biological interpretations of these characteristics, however, often suffer from a paucity of information on actual predators of snakes. Concerning natural predators of Japanese snakes, neither quantitative data nor a systematic review are available. Here, we review and synthesize the published accounts of predators of snakes in Japan. We confirmed 59 species/subspecies of predators and 21 species of prey snakes. We hope that this review will stimulate biologists and naturalists to record further predatory events on snakes and help clarify the defensive mechanisms of snakes.