Amphisbaena kingii (king’s worm lizard). Predation

Autores
Perez, Cristian Hernan Fulvio; Scolaro, Jose Alejandro
Año de publicación
2024
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Amphisbaena kingii is a medium-sized amphisbaenid that occurs from southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay to northeastern Chubut in Patagonia, Argentina (Cei, 1993. Reptiles del noroeste, nordestey este de la Argentina. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino, Monographie 14:1–949), with little known about its ecology, including its predators. Here we report a predation observation on this species by a mammal from southern Argentina.On 6 May 2024, at 1600 h, we observed an adult A. kingii (SVL = 229 mm) being preyed upon by an adult Pichi (Zaedyus pichiy), or dwarf armadillo, in the Río Negro province, El Cuy Department (39.3006°S, 68.5798°W, WGS 84, 540 m elev.), Argentina. When we first saw the armadillo it had already captured the lizard and was in the process of eating it. The armadillo was biting to A.kingii with its molar region and when it noticed our presence, it dropped the prey and run away quickly, leaving the abandoned lizard which was immediately collected. Although the A. kingii specimenwas recovered whole and still alive, it had clear chewing marks 75 mm from the neck.To our knowledge this is the first record of predation on A. kingii. Pichi’s are common to this region of Argentina and known to be opportunistic omnivores that feed insects, arachnid, fungi, vegetal material and vertebrates such as small lizards and small mammals (Superina and Abba 2014. Mamm. Species 46:1–10).The specimens of A. kingii (MPCN-H 1083) were deposited in the herpetological Collection Patagonian Museum of Natural Sciences "Juan Carlos Salgado", General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina.
Fil: Perez, Cristian Hernan Fulvio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Nacional Patagónico; Argentina
Fil: Scolaro, Jose Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Nacional Patagónico; Argentina
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Amphisbaena kingii
Río Negro
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Zaedyus pichiy
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spelling Amphisbaena kingii (king’s worm lizard). PredationPerez, Cristian Hernan FulvioScolaro, Jose AlejandroAmphisbaena kingiiRío Negrodepartamento de El CuyPatagoniaZaedyus pichiyhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Amphisbaena kingii is a medium-sized amphisbaenid that occurs from southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay to northeastern Chubut in Patagonia, Argentina (Cei, 1993. Reptiles del noroeste, nordestey este de la Argentina. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino, Monographie 14:1–949), with little known about its ecology, including its predators. Here we report a predation observation on this species by a mammal from southern Argentina.On 6 May 2024, at 1600 h, we observed an adult A. kingii (SVL = 229 mm) being preyed upon by an adult Pichi (Zaedyus pichiy), or dwarf armadillo, in the Río Negro province, El Cuy Department (39.3006°S, 68.5798°W, WGS 84, 540 m elev.), Argentina. When we first saw the armadillo it had already captured the lizard and was in the process of eating it. The armadillo was biting to A.kingii with its molar region and when it noticed our presence, it dropped the prey and run away quickly, leaving the abandoned lizard which was immediately collected. Although the A. kingii specimenwas recovered whole and still alive, it had clear chewing marks 75 mm from the neck.To our knowledge this is the first record of predation on A. kingii. Pichi’s are common to this region of Argentina and known to be opportunistic omnivores that feed insects, arachnid, fungi, vegetal material and vertebrates such as small lizards and small mammals (Superina and Abba 2014. Mamm. Species 46:1–10).The specimens of A. kingii (MPCN-H 1083) were deposited in the herpetological Collection Patagonian Museum of Natural Sciences "Juan Carlos Salgado", General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina.Fil: Perez, Cristian Hernan Fulvio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Nacional Patagónico; ArgentinaFil: Scolaro, Jose Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Nacional Patagónico; ArgentinaSociety for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles2024-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/256430Perez, Cristian Hernan Fulvio; Scolaro, Jose Alejandro; Amphisbaena kingii (king’s worm lizard). Predation; Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; Herpetological Review; 55; 2; 6-2024; 257-2570018-084XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://ssarherps.org/about-ssar/ssar-organization/tax-information/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 Técnicas2025-11-05T10:51:18Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/256430instacron: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:34982025-11-05 10:51:18.786CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Amphisbaena kingii (king’s worm lizard). Predation
title Amphisbaena kingii (king’s worm lizard). Predation
spellingShingle Amphisbaena kingii (king’s worm lizard). Predation
Perez, Cristian Hernan Fulvio
Amphisbaena kingii
Río Negro
departamento de El Cuy
Patagonia
Zaedyus pichiy
title_short Amphisbaena kingii (king’s worm lizard). Predation
title_full Amphisbaena kingii (king’s worm lizard). Predation
title_fullStr Amphisbaena kingii (king’s worm lizard). Predation
title_full_unstemmed Amphisbaena kingii (king’s worm lizard). Predation
title_sort Amphisbaena kingii (king’s worm lizard). Predation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Perez, Cristian Hernan Fulvio
Scolaro, Jose Alejandro
author Perez, Cristian Hernan Fulvio
author_facet Perez, Cristian Hernan Fulvio
Scolaro, Jose Alejandro
author_role author
author2 Scolaro, Jose Alejandro
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Amphisbaena kingii
Río Negro
departamento de El Cuy
Patagonia
Zaedyus pichiy
topic Amphisbaena kingii
Río Negro
departamento de El Cuy
Patagonia
Zaedyus pichiy
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Amphisbaena kingii is a medium-sized amphisbaenid that occurs from southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay to northeastern Chubut in Patagonia, Argentina (Cei, 1993. Reptiles del noroeste, nordestey este de la Argentina. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino, Monographie 14:1–949), with little known about its ecology, including its predators. Here we report a predation observation on this species by a mammal from southern Argentina.On 6 May 2024, at 1600 h, we observed an adult A. kingii (SVL = 229 mm) being preyed upon by an adult Pichi (Zaedyus pichiy), or dwarf armadillo, in the Río Negro province, El Cuy Department (39.3006°S, 68.5798°W, WGS 84, 540 m elev.), Argentina. When we first saw the armadillo it had already captured the lizard and was in the process of eating it. The armadillo was biting to A.kingii with its molar region and when it noticed our presence, it dropped the prey and run away quickly, leaving the abandoned lizard which was immediately collected. Although the A. kingii specimenwas recovered whole and still alive, it had clear chewing marks 75 mm from the neck.To our knowledge this is the first record of predation on A. kingii. Pichi’s are common to this region of Argentina and known to be opportunistic omnivores that feed insects, arachnid, fungi, vegetal material and vertebrates such as small lizards and small mammals (Superina and Abba 2014. Mamm. Species 46:1–10).The specimens of A. kingii (MPCN-H 1083) were deposited in the herpetological Collection Patagonian Museum of Natural Sciences "Juan Carlos Salgado", General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina.
Fil: Perez, Cristian Hernan Fulvio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Nacional Patagónico; Argentina
Fil: Scolaro, Jose Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Nacional Patagónico; Argentina
description Amphisbaena kingii is a medium-sized amphisbaenid that occurs from southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay to northeastern Chubut in Patagonia, Argentina (Cei, 1993. Reptiles del noroeste, nordestey este de la Argentina. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino, Monographie 14:1–949), with little known about its ecology, including its predators. Here we report a predation observation on this species by a mammal from southern Argentina.On 6 May 2024, at 1600 h, we observed an adult A. kingii (SVL = 229 mm) being preyed upon by an adult Pichi (Zaedyus pichiy), or dwarf armadillo, in the Río Negro province, El Cuy Department (39.3006°S, 68.5798°W, WGS 84, 540 m elev.), Argentina. When we first saw the armadillo it had already captured the lizard and was in the process of eating it. The armadillo was biting to A.kingii with its molar region and when it noticed our presence, it dropped the prey and run away quickly, leaving the abandoned lizard which was immediately collected. Although the A. kingii specimenwas recovered whole and still alive, it had clear chewing marks 75 mm from the neck.To our knowledge this is the first record of predation on A. kingii. Pichi’s are common to this region of Argentina and known to be opportunistic omnivores that feed insects, arachnid, fungi, vegetal material and vertebrates such as small lizards and small mammals (Superina and Abba 2014. Mamm. Species 46:1–10).The specimens of A. kingii (MPCN-H 1083) were deposited in the herpetological Collection Patagonian Museum of Natural Sciences "Juan Carlos Salgado", General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina.
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