“…Differences in head size and shape often result from selective pressure on dietary/ feeding niche separation, as they are usually accompanied by differences in average prey size, type, or both (e.g. Shine, 1986Shine, , 1991Shine, , 1993Houston & Shine, 1993;Forsman & Shine, 1997;Keogh, Branch & Shine, 2000;Shine et al, 2002;Gregory & Isaac, 2004;Vincent, Herrel & Irschick, 2004;Shine et al, 2012;Borczyk, 2015). The species in this study is one of the very few snake species that feed on fish eggs.…”