A case of cannibalism in Achala Cooper lizard Pristidactylus achalensis, an endemic lizard to the highest mountain areas in Central Argentina (Squamata: Leiosauridae)

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Torres, María del Milagro; Viladrich, Leonel Jeremías; Naretto, Sergio
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2019
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Cannibalism, defined by the process of eating conspecific individuals, seems to occur opportunistically as a by-product of normal predatory behaviour and generally it has been linked to island populations. Pristidactylus achalensis is an endemic specie to the highest mountains areas in central Argentina in the isolated highland ecosystem named Pampa de Achala. This species is considered omnivorous, however there are no records of either saurophagy or cannibalism. Also, it is active during the warm and rainy season, overwintering during the cold months. Therefore, the diet and feeding behaviour is a key factor for resources storage. In this note we report a case of cannibalism in a mature male of P. achalensis against a juvenile or a female recorded in the wild and discuss insights of this behaviour. Cannibalism and saurophagy are common behaviours in reptiles. For other species of the Pristidatylus genus it has been registered saurophagy cases, but has not been registered cannibalism. In this note we evidence not only saurophagy, but also cannibalism in P. achalensis, even though with this find we were not able to determine whether the prey has been dead previously or the male predated the conspecific individual. Pampa de Achala region is a mountain ecosystem with rough climate conditions and our observation was recorded at end of the lizards? active season. These characteristics could cause the lizards to appeal to cannibalism in situations of the beginning of hibernation. Also, this behaviour could be related with aggressive territoriality of males influenced by competitive dynamics. This unique observation opens new questions about the role of cannibalism in intraspecific interactions in these lizards.
Fil: Torres, María del Milagro. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Subsede San Martín de Los Andes-inibioma | Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Subsede San Martín de Los Andes-inibioma.; Argentina
Fil: Viladrich, Leonel Jeremías. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Rio Negro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Rio Negro; Argentina
Fil: Naretto, Sergio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal; Argentina
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Cannibalism
Intraspecific interactions
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Saurophagy
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spelling A case of cannibalism in Achala Cooper lizard Pristidactylus achalensis, an endemic lizard to the highest mountain areas in Central Argentina (Squamata: Leiosauridae)Torres, María del MilagroViladrich, Leonel JeremíasNaretto, SergioCannibalismIntraspecific interactionsLizardSaurophagyhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Cannibalism, defined by the process of eating conspecific individuals, seems to occur opportunistically as a by-product of normal predatory behaviour and generally it has been linked to island populations. Pristidactylus achalensis is an endemic specie to the highest mountains areas in central Argentina in the isolated highland ecosystem named Pampa de Achala. This species is considered omnivorous, however there are no records of either saurophagy or cannibalism. Also, it is active during the warm and rainy season, overwintering during the cold months. Therefore, the diet and feeding behaviour is a key factor for resources storage. In this note we report a case of cannibalism in a mature male of P. achalensis against a juvenile or a female recorded in the wild and discuss insights of this behaviour. Cannibalism and saurophagy are common behaviours in reptiles. For other species of the Pristidatylus genus it has been registered saurophagy cases, but has not been registered cannibalism. In this note we evidence not only saurophagy, but also cannibalism in P. achalensis, even though with this find we were not able to determine whether the prey has been dead previously or the male predated the conspecific individual. Pampa de Achala region is a mountain ecosystem with rough climate conditions and our observation was recorded at end of the lizards? active season. These characteristics could cause the lizards to appeal to cannibalism in situations of the beginning of hibernation. Also, this behaviour could be related with aggressive territoriality of males influenced by competitive dynamics. This unique observation opens new questions about the role of cannibalism in intraspecific interactions in these lizards.Fil: Torres, María del Milagro. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Subsede San Martín de Los Andes-inibioma | Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Subsede San Martín de Los Andes-inibioma.; ArgentinaFil: Viladrich, Leonel Jeremías. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Rio Negro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Rio Negro; ArgentinaFil: Naretto, Sergio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal; ArgentinaSocietas Europaea Herpetologica2019-08-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/126376Torres, María del Milagro; Viladrich, Leonel Jeremías; Naretto, Sergio; A case of cannibalism in Achala Cooper lizard Pristidactylus achalensis, an endemic lizard to the highest mountain areas in Central Argentina (Squamata: Leiosauridae); Societas Europaea Herpetologica; Herpetology Notes; 12; 7-8-2019; 827-8282071-5773CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/50296/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:57:07Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/126376instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:57:07.538CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A case of cannibalism in Achala Cooper lizard Pristidactylus achalensis, an endemic lizard to the highest mountain areas in Central Argentina (Squamata: Leiosauridae)
title A case of cannibalism in Achala Cooper lizard Pristidactylus achalensis, an endemic lizard to the highest mountain areas in Central Argentina (Squamata: Leiosauridae)
spellingShingle A case of cannibalism in Achala Cooper lizard Pristidactylus achalensis, an endemic lizard to the highest mountain areas in Central Argentina (Squamata: Leiosauridae)
Torres, María del Milagro
Cannibalism
Intraspecific interactions
Lizard
Saurophagy
title_short A case of cannibalism in Achala Cooper lizard Pristidactylus achalensis, an endemic lizard to the highest mountain areas in Central Argentina (Squamata: Leiosauridae)
title_full A case of cannibalism in Achala Cooper lizard Pristidactylus achalensis, an endemic lizard to the highest mountain areas in Central Argentina (Squamata: Leiosauridae)
title_fullStr A case of cannibalism in Achala Cooper lizard Pristidactylus achalensis, an endemic lizard to the highest mountain areas in Central Argentina (Squamata: Leiosauridae)
title_full_unstemmed A case of cannibalism in Achala Cooper lizard Pristidactylus achalensis, an endemic lizard to the highest mountain areas in Central Argentina (Squamata: Leiosauridae)
title_sort A case of cannibalism in Achala Cooper lizard Pristidactylus achalensis, an endemic lizard to the highest mountain areas in Central Argentina (Squamata: Leiosauridae)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Torres, María del Milagro
Viladrich, Leonel Jeremías
Naretto, Sergio
author Torres, María del Milagro
author_facet Torres, María del Milagro
Viladrich, Leonel Jeremías
Naretto, Sergio
author_role author
author2 Viladrich, Leonel Jeremías
Naretto, Sergio
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cannibalism
Intraspecific interactions
Lizard
Saurophagy
topic Cannibalism
Intraspecific interactions
Lizard
Saurophagy
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Cannibalism, defined by the process of eating conspecific individuals, seems to occur opportunistically as a by-product of normal predatory behaviour and generally it has been linked to island populations. Pristidactylus achalensis is an endemic specie to the highest mountains areas in central Argentina in the isolated highland ecosystem named Pampa de Achala. This species is considered omnivorous, however there are no records of either saurophagy or cannibalism. Also, it is active during the warm and rainy season, overwintering during the cold months. Therefore, the diet and feeding behaviour is a key factor for resources storage. In this note we report a case of cannibalism in a mature male of P. achalensis against a juvenile or a female recorded in the wild and discuss insights of this behaviour. Cannibalism and saurophagy are common behaviours in reptiles. For other species of the Pristidatylus genus it has been registered saurophagy cases, but has not been registered cannibalism. In this note we evidence not only saurophagy, but also cannibalism in P. achalensis, even though with this find we were not able to determine whether the prey has been dead previously or the male predated the conspecific individual. Pampa de Achala region is a mountain ecosystem with rough climate conditions and our observation was recorded at end of the lizards? active season. These characteristics could cause the lizards to appeal to cannibalism in situations of the beginning of hibernation. Also, this behaviour could be related with aggressive territoriality of males influenced by competitive dynamics. This unique observation opens new questions about the role of cannibalism in intraspecific interactions in these lizards.
Fil: Torres, María del Milagro. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Subsede San Martín de Los Andes-inibioma | Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Subsede San Martín de Los Andes-inibioma.; Argentina
Fil: Viladrich, Leonel Jeremías. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Rio Negro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Rio Negro; Argentina
Fil: Naretto, Sergio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal; Argentina
description Cannibalism, defined by the process of eating conspecific individuals, seems to occur opportunistically as a by-product of normal predatory behaviour and generally it has been linked to island populations. Pristidactylus achalensis is an endemic specie to the highest mountains areas in central Argentina in the isolated highland ecosystem named Pampa de Achala. This species is considered omnivorous, however there are no records of either saurophagy or cannibalism. Also, it is active during the warm and rainy season, overwintering during the cold months. Therefore, the diet and feeding behaviour is a key factor for resources storage. In this note we report a case of cannibalism in a mature male of P. achalensis against a juvenile or a female recorded in the wild and discuss insights of this behaviour. Cannibalism and saurophagy are common behaviours in reptiles. For other species of the Pristidatylus genus it has been registered saurophagy cases, but has not been registered cannibalism. In this note we evidence not only saurophagy, but also cannibalism in P. achalensis, even though with this find we were not able to determine whether the prey has been dead previously or the male predated the conspecific individual. Pampa de Achala region is a mountain ecosystem with rough climate conditions and our observation was recorded at end of the lizards? active season. These characteristics could cause the lizards to appeal to cannibalism in situations of the beginning of hibernation. Also, this behaviour could be related with aggressive territoriality of males influenced by competitive dynamics. This unique observation opens new questions about the role of cannibalism in intraspecific interactions in these lizards.
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