FIRST RECORD OF A DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR IN Microcaecilia nicefori (GYMNOPHIONA: SIPHONOPIDAE) PROVOKED BY THE SNAKEBITE OF Micrurus dumerilii (SERPENTES: ELAPIDAE)

Juan David Fernandez; Diego Gómez Sánchez

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2021.02.277

FIRST RECORD OF A DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR IN Microcaecilia nicefori (GYMNOPHIONA: SIPHONOPIDAE) PROVOKED BY THE SNAKEBITE OF Micrurus dumerilii (SERPENTES: ELAPIDAE)

Authors

Juan David Fernandez Laboratorio de Anfibios, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Diego Gómez Sánchez Rey Zamuro-Matarredonda (reserva natural), San Martín de los Llanos, Meta, Colombia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2021.02.277

Keywords:

caecilians, behavior, Colombia, coral snakes, defense, diet

Abstract

We here report the first dynamic event of predation and defensive behavior in Microcaecilia nicefori provoked by Micrurus dumerilii in Armero, Tolima, Colombia, and we also provide a compendium of all the available literature records of caecilians being preyed upon by snakes in the Neotropic.

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Published

2021-11-30

How to Cite

Fernandez, J. D., & Gómez Sánchez, D. (2021). FIRST RECORD OF A DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR IN Microcaecilia nicefori (GYMNOPHIONA: SIPHONOPIDAE) PROVOKED BY THE SNAKEBITE OF Micrurus dumerilii (SERPENTES: ELAPIDAE). Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 4(2), 144–149. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2021.02.277