Phenotypic basis for a feeding change in an insular population of garter snakes.

Abstract:

:Predation on birds, an unusual behavior for the common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis), has been observed and documented in an insular garter snake population. Feeding preference tests were performed on naive neonatal snakes and experienced adults from both the island test population and a nearby mainland control population. No significant preference for birds as a prey item was found for either neonates or adults from either population. Therefore, neither a genetic nor an ontogenetic basis for the observed behavior was demonstrable. Birds tainted with a piscine odor, however, elicited a positive feeding response from adult snakes from both geographical sources. We propose that the observed behavior in the field is a result of learning to exploit an abundant, readily available resource already in the predator's repertoire.

journal_name

Dev Psychobiol

authors

Greenwell MG,Hall M,Sexton OJ

doi

10.1002/dev.420170504

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1984-09-01 00:00:00

pages

457-63

issue

5

eissn

0012-1630

issn

1098-2302

journal_volume

17

pub_type

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