Open AccessFIRST RECORD OF A DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR IN Microcaecilia nicefori (GYMNOPHIONA: SIPHONOPIDAE) PROVOKED BY THE SNAKEBITE OF Micrurus dumerilii (SERPENTES: ELAPIDAE)
Author(s) -
Juan David López Fernández,
Diego Gómez Sánchez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista latinoamericana de herpetología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2594-2158
DOI - 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2021.02.277
Subject(s) - elapidae , compendium , zoology , biology , naja , ecology , geography , venom , archaeology
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.