Volume 24, Issue 73, January - June, 2023

Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) Versus Snake (Reptilia: Squamata): A spider (Pholcus) feeding on a worm snake (Ramphotyphlops)

Raju Vyas^1♦, Lalita Pal²

¹Anand Apartment, BPC-Haveli Road, Nr. Splatter Studio, Alakapuri, Vadodara–390007, Gujarat, India
²Dhairya Prasd Palace, Palace Road, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

^♦Corresponding author
Anand Apartment, BPC-Haveli Road, Nr. Splatter Studio, Alakapuri, Vadodara–390007, Gujarat, India

ABSTRACT

In Indian contexts, spiders’ feeding on snake’s information is scanty. The first observation of a spider (Pholcidae: Pholcus) feeding on a worm snake (Typhlopidae: Ramphotyphlops) from Vadodara, Gujarat. It is a noteworthy record.

Keywords: Indian spiders; diversity; worm snake

Species, 2023, 24(73), e35s1525

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e35s1525

Published: 23 April 2023