Dangerous neighborhood: saurophagy between syntopic Tropidurus lizards

Autores/as

  • Daniel Cunha Passos Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução
  • Felipe Augusto Correia Monteiro Instituto Federal de Educação Ciências e Tecnologia do Ceará
  • Carlos Henrique de Oliveira Nogueira Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense

Palabras clave:

Predation, mortality, agonistic interactions, Tropiduridae, Caatinga

Resumen

Saurophagy constitutes an important source of mortality among lizards and has been reported for the genus Tropidurus. However, the extension of this behavior remains unknown. Herein, we record the predation of T. jaguaribanus by its congener T. hispidus. This is the first report of saurophagy among different species of syntopicTropidurus. Furthermore, whereas published records of saurophagy tend to be directed against juveniles, this case involved two adult individuals.
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03/01/2016

Cómo citar

Passos, D. C., Monteiro, F. A. C., & Nogueira, C. H. de O. (2016). Dangerous neighborhood: saurophagy between syntopic Tropidurus lizards. Biota Neotropica, 16(1). Recuperado a partir de //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1360

Número

Vol. 16 Núm. 1 (2016): v16n1

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