"CAZADOR CAZADO” DEPREDACCIÓN DE Allobates ignotus (ANURA: AROMOBATIDAE) POR PARTE DE Ancylometes bogotensis (ARANEAE: ANCYLOMETIDAE), CESAR, COLOMBIA

Oskar  Marquez Herazo; Erick Javier  Sierra Rodríguez; Julio César Acuña-Vargas

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.1.1451

Autores/as

Oskar Marquez Herazo
Erick Javier Sierra Rodríguez https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2913-9443
Julio César Acuña-Vargas Universidad de La Guajira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.1.1451

Palabras clave:

Dieta, Ecología Trófica, Etología, Arácnidos, Anuros, Depredador-presa

Resumen

La rana nodriza de la Serranía de Perijá, Allobates ignotus, es una especie en peligro, amenazada principalmente por presiones antropogénicas. Aunque, se han documentado diferentes aspectos de su historia natural, registros sobre sus relaciones interespecíficas son escasos. Reportamos el primer evento de depredación de un ejemplar juvenil de A. ignotus por un ejemplar juvenil de la araña pescadora gigante, Ancylometes bogotensis, en un fragmento de bosque ripario en la Jagua de Ibirico, Cesar, Colombia.

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