FIRST DOCUMENTED RECORDS OF LIZARD PREDATION BY THE NORTHERN CAT-EYED SNAKE Leptodeira septentrionalis (SQUAMATA: DIPSADIDAE)
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https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.4.1349Palabras clave:
Ambientes antropizados, dieta, plasticidad ecológica, serpiente opistoglifaResumen
Se reportan dos eventos independientes de depredación de lagartijas por la serpiente escombrera manchada (Leptodeira septentrionalis) en la Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo, Tamaulipas, México. Ambos registros se obtuvieron en ambientes modificados por actividades humanas y constituyen la primera evidencia confirmada del consumo de saurios por esta especie. Estas observaciones amplían el conocimiento sobre la dieta de L. septentrionalis y sugieren una mayor plasticidad ecológica, así como el surgimiento de nuevas interacciones tróficas facilitadas por ambientes antropizados.
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