Trimorphodon biscutatus (Lyre snake): predation fatality. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
‘Death by piercing’ isn’t limited to big snakes – Klauber (1982) reported that horned toads Phrynosoma may kill snakes that try to swallow them (the lizard’s horns perforate the snake’s throat) and Ramírez-Bautista and Uribe (1992) described the case of a Lyre snake Trimorphodon biscutatus (a terrestrial colubrid) that died after the spiny tail scales of a Spiny-tailed iguana Ctenosaura pectinata pierced the snake’s stomach and oesophagus. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
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