Rhabdophis pentasupralabialis, which eats fireflies and stores their toxins in the nucho-dorsal glands (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Rhabdophis pentasupralabialis, which eats fireflies and stores their toxins in the nucho-dorsal glands

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Rhabdophis pentasupralabialis, a species of the R. nuchalis group which eats fireflies and stores their toxins in the nucho-dorsal glands

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