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ArticleEcology and evolution2026

Fish Buffet: Dietary Observations in the Oman Saw-Scaled Viper (

Theo Busschau, Arabella Willing, Borja de Las Heras, Rami Khashab, Abdul Nasser Obeidat, Altaf Habib, Andrew Gardner

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Theo BusschauNew York University Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi UAE.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6012-4943
Arabella WillingEmirates Nature - WWF Abu Dhabi UAE.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8730-1443
Borja de Las HerasIndependent Researcher Copenhagen Denmark.
Rami KhashabSchool of Arts and Sciences Lebanese International University Matn Lebanon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9608-6014
Abdul Nasser ObeidatFujairah Environment Authority Fujairah UAE.
Altaf HabibEmirates Nature - WWF Abu Dhabi UAE.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3183-9565
Andrew GardnerEmirates Nature - WWF Abu Dhabi UAE.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diet is an important ecological variable that has contributed significantly to the evolution of snakes, yet the diets of many species are still poorly known. Here, we report for the first time observations of the arid-adapted

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citizen sciencenatural history observationspiscivorysnakesViperidae

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PMCPMC13612177

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