POSSIBLE PREDATION EVENT ON A BROWN ANOLE Anolis sagrei (SQUAMATA: ANOLIDAE) BY A MEXICAN RED RUMP TARANTULA Tliltocatl vagans (ARANEAE: THERAPHOSIDAE) IN QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO

Rogelio Cedeño Vázquez; Erandi Cedeño Zacarías; César Raziel Lucio Palacio; Daniela Thalía Candia Ramírez

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.2.1249

Autores/as

Rogelio Cedeño Vázquez
Erandi Cedeño Zacarías Tecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico de Chetumal
César Raziel Lucio Palacio El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Unidad Chetumal. Departamento de Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Daniela Thalía Candia Ramírez Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.2.1249

Palabras clave:

Anthropized environment, Arachnids, Chetumal, diet, amely, limbs, lizards, malformation, scarring, trophic ecology

Resumen

La dieta de las arañas de la familia Theraphosidae consiste principalmente de insectos grandes y otros artrópodos terrestres como ciempiés, milpiés y otros arácnidos; no obstante, las especies más grandes ocasionalmente se alimentan de vertebrados pequeños como lagartijas, ratones, aves y serpientes. Reportamos una observación de un posible evento de depredación de la tarántula mexicana de cadera roja (Tliltocatl vagans) sobre un abaniquillo costero maya (Anolis sagrei) durante la noche del 29 de mayo de 2014, en el jardín de una residencia ubicada en Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México.

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