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Posted by meretseger on March 26, 2003 at 04:59:37:

In Reply to: Some of the largest colubrids...... posted by chrish on March 26, 2003 at 01:04:35:

For the colubrid list- Elaphe carinata is supposed to get 8 feet. They will eat snakes (that's why they're the 'king' rat), but they'll eat a wide range of other things too. Also, vipers are supposed to be very advanced snakes, but even very large vipers (bushmasters, canebrakes) don't eat snakes. Then again, some coral snakes are snakes eaters, and they don't get very big at all. So I don't really see a correlation (sp). Except that in order to be successful at eating snakes, a snake has to be a certain size, unless they're eating blind snakes like the corals do.
:Ptyas - 10ft+ - Eat anything that comes in front of them.
:Elaphe taeniura - 9ft+ - rodent and bird eaters
:Cribos/indigos - 8ft+ - generalists that will eat almost anything
:Pituophis sp. - 8ft+ rodent eaters
:Elaphe obsoleta - 8ft - rodents and birds
:Elaphe quatuorlineata - 8ft - rodents
:Coluber jugulars - to nearly 10ft - mainly small mammals
:Masticophis mentovarius - up to 8ft - anything it catches
:Masticophis flagellum - up to 8ft - anything it catches
:Pseudaspis cana - 8ft - rodents
:Boiga sp. - some big boiga can exceed 8ft - birds and mammals, mostly
:Clelia clelia - 8ft (I think)- finally a confirmed snake eater!



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