[Nhcoll-l] University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Herpetology Predator and Prey Collection

[Gregory Schneider]

Please have a look at the UMMZ's Predator / Prey Digital Image Collection
hosted by the University of Michigan Digital Library:

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/r/rept3ic

The project was generated by University of Michigan PhD student Mike
Grundler’s research involving the characterization of diets of neotropical
colubrid snakes through the dissection of fluid-preserved snake specimens
in the UMMZ herpetology collection. During his work at the Research Museum
Center, well over 500 specimens were dissected to recover nearly 200 prey
items. Documenting these predators and prey items with high resolution
photography is part of Mike’s ongoing research characterizing ecological
patterns in the evolution of neotropical snake diets. Many of the
dissections made proved fruitful in this respect by yielding further data
on poorly known snake diets. At present, there are 459 images of snake
predators (over 100 species) and their prey. The museum vouchers for these
images are curated in our UMMZ research collections.


Greg Schneider
Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
Museum of Zoology
Research Museums Center
3600 Varsity Drive
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108

734 647 1927

ges at umich.edu



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www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/rep_amph/index.html
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