Ringneck snake

Salamander Plethodon richmondi Ringneck snake Diadophis punctata Traces on substrate Avoidance Cupp, 1988... 

On land, snakes prey on salamanders and their eggs. The ringneck snake Diadophis punctata) and its prey, the salamanders Plethodon richmondi and Plethodon dorsalis provide an example. Salamanders were given a choice between a paper towel that had had a ringneck snake on it for 48 hours, and one with clean water. The salamanders of both species avoided the substrate with the odor of the ringneck snake (Cupp, 1988). 

Lancaster, D. Wise, S. 1996. Differential response by the ringneck snake, Diadophis punctatus, to odors of tail-autotomized prey. HerpetoL, 52, 98—108. 

Dundee, H. A., and Miller, M.C., 1968, Aggregative behavior and habitat conditioning by the prairie ringneck snake, Diadophis punctatus arnyi, Tul. Stud. Zool Bot., 15 41. 

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