INVESTIGADORES
BORGHI Carlos Eduardo
artículos
Título:
Phymaturus extrilidus predation.
Autor/es:
MAURICIO PEREZ ; CARLOS E. BORGHI; V. BENINATO
Revista:
Herpetological Review
Editorial:
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Referencias:
Año: 2013 vol. 44 p. 679 - 679
ISSN:
0018-084X
Resumen:
We observed a female Red-backed Hawk (Buteo polyosoma) presenting an adult Phymaturus extrilidus to a nest of two approximately 1.5-week-old chicks above a canyon known as Aguada de Pinchagua at the Multiple Use Nature Reserve Don Carmelo, Ullum Department, San Juan Province, Argentina. The hawk had removed the head of the lizard prior to arriving at the nest to feed it to the chicks . Although Red-backed Hawks are known to eat lizards, this is the first record of one eating this species and the first record of a confirmed predator for P. extrilidus.
