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Kurzmitteilung Short Note
I S Lk w L-PthttAhaetulla nasuta (Lacpde, 1789) Boto -fu, o Skuw
b h zu t-th Ptt h. D Sh fbktm z Rh o Butt,ut Eh, Gko, Skk, Amhb u
Kuqu, k V, Fh, Ku-
u z th uh Sh (Deran-iyagala 1953, de Silva 1980, Das & de
Silva 2005,
de Silva 1990, Wall 1921). A St oku-mt w h uwhh NhwAhaetulla
nasuta, But ft.
U Bobhtu fot Zu o F-bt m Ku Fot R m Bzk Kut(Hh 380 m; 628'N,
8015'O) m 24.12.2007. Eubut Mh oA. nasuta (KRL 461 mm,
SL 283 mm) wu 14.10 Uh tkt uofot ufu m Ehu
At tfzt (de Silva 1990). D Twu wh Bobhtuztumht tt. E bf h uf m
Zw, h b uf tw 20 m b mBo m Fu Bum hut t.D Sh w Rhtu Bo uh-tt, mt k
Lubhht bktw. S ht h b fo 20 M-ut bwuo. W bmk m Bo b S (mt 25 mm), h
uf m Lub bwt, o Sh joh ot wu. W ftu, w Sh woh ttt m Aubht. Etw
14.30 Uh t h Khtu, ht joh Rhtuh Fokuu. I Stu ht bwuo b wt ufh 20
M-ut. Shh hob o T K u zo h zkzkt
Stu zumm. D t tzh Lubhht h. Et zu m Zt-ukt kot w ftt, uf w Sh wh
u 40Mut bh htt: But. Sht But ht E ft,w zu t, h uf wt25 mm L zu tk.
D h h hb Mut.
A S 2 M- w, f
B z . E z Z f- w , z . Dw w f. W w
Erstnachweis von Blutegeln (Hirudinea) im Beutespektrum
derLangnasen-Peitschennatter,Ahaetulla nasuta(Reptilia,
Colubridae)
Abb. 1: Subadulte Ahaetulla nasuta in Lauerstellung auf
einemZweig etwa 20 cm ber dem Boden. Fig. 1: An
immatureAhaetul-
la nasuta perched on a branch some 20 cm above the ground.
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km fftht Nhw o But mButktum oAhaetulla nasuta. E kt hb u Bobhtu
um ootuthVo, Rkto uf Kht o-
W w f w fAhaetulla na-suta. I , f , . N - w w f .
AcknowledgementsW A de Vos (IUCN S L) f w A Perera 2007 f YZA
(YZ A f S L) f - f . W KManamendra-Arachchi (WHT) MWickramasinghe
(SLHS) f w - .
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Deraniyagala, P.E.P. (1955): A C A f S V-
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m Butt o uh um Vht -ht hb, uf ju Exm bhktt. Oh wt Bobhtu Ntu o
Gfhft t h hzu k Shu zh.
I S L, - Ahaetulla nasuta(Lacpde, 1789) f f f . T w f f , z-, ,
, , , f, , -, (Deraniyagala 1953, de Silva 1980,Das & de Silva
2005, de Silva 1990, Wall 1921).
H w fAhaetullanasuta f .
T w w fw K F R K- D ( 380 ; 628'N, 8015'E) 24.12.2007. A A.
nasuta (SVL 461, TL 283 ) w x14:10 f f (de Sil-va 1990). T w f f .
T w f 20 . T w - w , w w w f f . I w f x 20 . W -w ( 25 ) f , . W w
zz w . A 14:30 , f f. P ,
f x 20 .E w f - f zz. T, fw f . I w w f w f 40: . T w x- 25 . T
ww w 1 .
Aft tht, th k m moto fo 2 m-
ut bfo t tu t tow oth t. Itw o t th ot of tm tht w uht t fo t-k
t mumt. It w ubqut .
First Record of Leeches (Hirudinea) in the Prey Spectrum of
theLong-nosed Vine Snake,Ahaetulla nasuta(Reptilia, Colubridae)
