Bernier's Colubrid Snake (Dromicodryas bernieri). Gripping plated lizard by foot. Lizard feigning dead. Drier regions. Madagascar.

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Colubrid Snake (Dromicodryas bernieri). A fast moving specialist lizard predator. Having caught a Peter's Plated Lizard (Tracheloptychus petersi) by a rear leg. Lizard still alive but 'pretending to be dead'.

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