Snakes suffered after a frog-killing fungus wiped out their food
Both snake diversity and body size dipped at a site in Panama after chytrid swept through
![Cope's vine snake](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/021220_jl_snake_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
Cope’s vine snake (Oxybelis brevirostris) can be found snatching up frogs and lizards in Panamanian tropical forests. After a fungus destroyed amphibian populations across the country, the average body size of Cope’s vine snake decreased at one field site, a new study finds.
Kevin Enge