Predation on a McClung’s Philippine False Coralsnake, Hemibungarus mcclungi (Weigmann 1835), by a Giant Spiny Centipede, Scolopendra spinosissima Kraepelin 1903, on Luzon Island, The Philippines

Acuña, Darrell; Isagani, Niño; Pitogo, Kier Mitchel

doi:10.17161/randa.v28i3.15782

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2021

DOI: 10.17161/randa.v28i3.15782

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Predation on a McClung’s Philippine False Coralsnake, Hemibungarus mcclungi (Weigmann 1835), by a Giant Spiny Centipede, Scolopendra spinosissima Kraepelin 1903, on Luzon Island, The Philippines

Darrell Acuña¹,

Niño Isagani

Kier Mitchel Pitogo³

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The function of red and banded patterns in snakes: the ophiophagy hypothesis

Mouy

2023

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

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The functions of bright bands in coral and other snakes have long been a puzzle. The most common opinion is that coral snakes display aposematic marks and that other red and black banded snakes in the Americas are mimics of coral snakes. I previously found that this prevailing opinion is weakly supported and unlikely, that red and bands had probably evolved independently or conjointly many times, and that a present selection for bands and red seems to exist in a significant fraction of the world. Here, I review the potential selective forces for red and bands in snakes. I find that snakes as predators are a priori plausible selective agents. I find that ophiophagy appears to be an exceptionally high risk in snakes that are themselves ophiophagous. Testing the working hypothesis that bands and red are protective against snake predators via their association with ophiophagy, as ophiophagous snakes are at higher risk, I find that the consumption of elongate vertebrates predicts band and red coloration with a very high level of confidence: red and bands are probably defensive against snake predators. Noting an apparent correlation of coloration with specific defensive behaviours and ontogenetic colour changes, I review both and find that ophiophagous snakes are remarkable for using stereotypical defences and not being aggressive, while ontogenetic colour changes seem to affect red and bands in snakes disproportionately. Defence against ophidian predators may be an unexpected natural selection shaping the appearance and behaviours of many snakes.

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The function of red and banded patterns in snakes: the ophiophagy hypothesis

Mouy

2023

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

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Type designation and redescription of Scolopendra spinosissima Kraepelin, 1903 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae), with remarks on related taxa

Doménech

2024

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The recent description of the scolopendromorph centipede Scolopendra paradoxa Doménech, 2018 raised questions concerning the morphological limits of its closest relative S. spinosissima Kraepelin, 1903. Following the works of this author and other evidence, the specimens making up the type series of S. spinosissima and a lectotype are fixed, redescribed, and illustrated; these are then compared with this species’ unique available voucher and with S. paradoxa type material. Specimens making up the S. spinosissima type series are fixed including only four of the five individuals stored in the collection of Zoological Museum of Hamburg and, the voucher is identified as S. spinosissima. Its sister species, S. paradoxa, is confirmed as a morphologically and molecularly distinguishable taxon. Additionally, new data on the S. spinosissima type series are provideda and observations involving the excluded original type, reidentified as Ethmostigmus rubripes rubripes (Brandt, 1840), are given. Finally, the presence of S. multidens Newport, 1844 in the Philippines is proposed as dubious and a revised key for the Scolopendra of this archipelago is presented.

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Predation on a McClung’s Philippine False Coralsnake, Hemibungarus mcclungi (Weigmann 1835), by a Giant Spiny Centipede, Scolopendra spinosissima Kraepelin 1903, on Luzon Island, The Philippines

Cited by 2 publications

References 7 publications

The function of red and banded patterns in snakes: the ophiophagy hypothesis

The function of red and banded patterns in snakes: the ophiophagy hypothesis

Type designation and redescription of Scolopendra spinosissima Kraepelin, 1903 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae), with remarks on related taxa

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