Three juvenile Natrix natrix (Reptilia) as prey of Oncorhynchus mykiss (Actinopterygii, Salmoniformes, Salmonidae) in a Bavarian stream
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 .
Authors
- Philip G. Wendt
- Christian Vogelmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3647-3232)
- Andreas Martens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3127-6099)
Institutions
- Starnberg Hospital (DE)
- Karlsruhe University of Education (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria
- Published
- 2026-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/aiep.56.176058
- Primary Topic
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00