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Title Eastern Montpellier Snake (Malpolon insignitus fuscus) Ophiophagy Behavior from Zagros Mountains
Type JournalPaper
Keywords Malpolon insignitus; Serpentes; Lamprophiidae; Kurdistan; Iran; Iraq; diet.
Abstract Herein, we present three cases of wild Malpolon insignitus preying on Platyceps najadum, Eirenis punctatolineatus, and Natrix tessellata from Iran, in addition one observation from Kurdistan of Iraq. Furthermore, we report two new records of M. insignitus from northwestern Iran.
Researchers Aram Ghafoor (Not In First Six Researchers), Saeed Salmabadi (Third Researcher), Shirvan Almasi (Fifth Researcher), Seyed Mahdi KAZEMI (Not In First Six Researchers), Arman kamangar (Fourth Researcher), Hanyeh Ghaffari (Second Researcher), Barbod Safaei Mahroo (First Researcher)