PERSONAL DE APOYO
PÉREZ Mauricio Armando
artículos
Título:
PHYMATURUS EXTRILIDUS. PREDATION.
Autor/es:
MAURICIO A PÉREZ; BORGHI CARLOS; BENINATO VERÓNICA
Revista:
HERPETOLOGICAL REVIEW
Editorial:
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Referencias:
Año: 2013 vol. 44 p. 679 - 679
ISSN:
0018-084X
Resumen:
On 28 November2011 at 1710 h, we observed a female Red-backed Hawk (Buteopolyosoma) presenting an adult Phymaturus extrilidus to anest of two approximately 1.5-week-old chicks above a canyonknown as Aguada de Pinchagua at the Multiple Use Nature ReserveDon Carmelo, Ullum Department, San Juan Province, Argentina(30.977504°S, 69.083017°W, 3122 m elev.). The hawk hadremoved the head of the lizard prior to arriving at the nest to feedit to the chicks (Fig. 1). Although Red-backed Hawks are knownto eat lizards (Jiménez 1995. Hornero 14:1?9), this is the first recordof one eating this species and the first record of a confirmedpredator for P. extrilidus (Lobo et al. 2012. Copeia 2012:12?22). R.E. Espinoza confirmed the identity of the lizard.
