PREDATION ON A REPRODUCTIVE FEMALE GALLIWASP Diploglossus monotropis (SQUAMATA: DIPLOGLOSSIDAE) BY A COMMON OPOSSUM IN THE ECUADORIAN CHOCÓ

Niklas Fuchs; Mark-Oliver Rödel

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.3.1625

Autores/as

Niklas Fuchs Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4711-6331
Mark-Oliver Rödel Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1666-195X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.3.1625

Palabras clave:

Reptiles, marsupiales, dieta, historia natural

Resumen

Reportamos un probable evento de depredación por parte de una zarigüeya común (Didelphis marsupialis) sobre una hembra del lagarto Diploglossus monotropis en el Chocó ecuatoriano (provincia de Esmeraldas) durante la temporada de lluvias. Entre los restos del lagarto encontramos un ovocito en avanzado desarrollo, lo que permitió identificar a la hembra como reproductiva. Este constituye uno de los pocos casos documentados de depredación sobre esta especie y representa el primer indicio de su fenología reproductiva en estado silvestre.

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