Observations on the natural history of snakes, including their food items and behavior, are essential for increasing the basic knowledge about species. Here we report the encounter of a Pseudoboini snake, Boiruna sertaneja, feeding on an individual of Philodryas nattereri on an unnatural perch elevated two meters above ground level. This is the first record of predation by B. sertaneja on P. nattereri, which increases what is known about the diet and feeding behavior of the species in semi-arid areas of northeastern Brazil.
Physical injuries represent one of the main threats to free-living animals, and interactions with humans perform the leading cause of their admission in veterinary care. In the USA, the main causes of physical injuries in reptiles and amphibians were run over, fishing or gardening accidents, and predation by domestic carnivores. Anthropic actions potentially increase the morbidity and mortality in reptiles due to traumatic injuries and can cause populations to be isolated in forest remnants, such as urban parks. Fortaleza is a metropolis in northeastern Brazil, that has progressively lost its vegetation cover due to urbanization processes. However, as the ERA "Matinha do Pici", few urban parks stand out as a hotspot of local fauna conservation. The objective of this work was to report and characterize a sample of traumatized reptiles, received, and examined at LAPS-UFC, in Fortaleza, from 2010 to 2020. Thirty-four cases were included, mostly lizards from the ERA "Matinha do Pici", with diverse blunt force lesions, mainly caused by domestic carnivores' predation, run over or human predation.
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