Crescimento de Dipsas bucephala em cativeiro

Abstract

Snakes are extremely diverse animals in relation of your morphology. Generally the growth tends to be more marked in the initials years of life, tending to decrease right after the sexual maturation. The malacophagy is reported in diverse species. However, there are no researches that analyze the growth of this type of snake. Three individuals of Dipsas bucephala (Colubridae) from the same brood, born in february of 2010 were utilized. The offered food was similar, from 2 to 6 snails (Bradybaena similaris) and slugs (Veronicillidae), according to the availability. In the first year of life the animals doubled the CRC and increased the body mass in three to five times. The growth rate was more accentuated in the first year of life of the D. bucephala was similar to the other species even phylogenetically distant.