Three juvenile Natrix natrix (Reptilia) as prey of Oncorhynchus mykiss (Actinopterygii, Salmoniformes, Salmonidae) in a Bavarian stream
Abstract (englisch):
On 14 May 2025, three juvenile grass snakes, Natrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758), were dissected from the stomach of a single rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792), caught in the Ammer River, Bavaria, Germany. That record completes the scarce evidence of reptiles as prey in salmonid diets and highlights the trophic plasticity of the introduced O. mykiss.
| Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) |
| Publikationstyp | Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| Publikationsjahr | 2026 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Identifikator | ISSN: 1734-1515, 0137-1592 KITopen-ID: 1000190056 |
| Erschienen in | Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria |
| Verlag | Szczecińskie Towarzystwo Naukowe (Societas Scientiarum Stetinensis) |
| Band | 56 |
| Seiten | 23–25 |
| Vorab online veröffentlicht am | 16.01.2026 |
| Schlagwörter | Salmonidae opportunistic feeding, trophic interaction, reptile predation, diet composition, freshwater ecology, review |
| Nachgewiesen in | Web of Science OpenAlex Dimensions |