DEPREDACIÓN DE LA LAGARTIJA Anolis sagrei (SQUAMATA: ANOLIDAE) POR LA SERPIENTE Mastigodryas melanolomus (SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE) EN EL SURESTE DE MÉXICO

Julio César Hernández Hernández; Christian E. Saiden-Carrillo; Pamela  Onofre-Salomón

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.3.1005

Authors

Julio César Hernández Hernández
Christian E. Saiden-Carrillo
Pamela Onofre-Salomón

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.3.1005

Keywords:

Diet, Invasive species, Prey, Trophic ecology

Abstract

We report the first predation event of the brown anole Anolis sagrei by the salmon-bellied racer Mastigodryas melanolomus in southeastern Mexico. This new record contributes to a better understanding of the natural history and trophic ecology of two species of reptiles in their predator-prey interaction.

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