Predators of toxic amphibians

Snakes are an underappreciated predator of complex diets of various poisonous amphibians. We are interested in studying wild populations of snakes to better understand how they circumvent the defenses of amphibians.

Currently funded by NIH NIGMS R35GM150574

PUBLICATIONS

Ramírez-Castañeda, Tarvin, and Márquez. 2024. Snakes (Erythrolamprus spp.) with a complex toxic diet show convergent yet highly heterogeneous voltage-gated sodium channel evolution. EcoEvoRxiv https://doi.org/10.32942/X2MS6D

Ramírez-Castañeda et al. 2025. Toxin resistance mechanisms span biological scales in the Royal Ground Snake (Colubridae: Erythrolamprus reginae). EcoEvoRxiv https://doi.org/10.32942/X2R65D

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