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PREDATION OF the CENTRAL AMERICAN LYRESNAKE Trimorphodon quadruplex BY THE WANDERING SPIDER Ancylometes bogotensis IN GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A novel case of predation of a juvenile Central American lyresnake Trimorphodon quadruplex (Colubridae) by the Wandering spider Ancylometes bogotensis (Ctenidae) in the Pacific northwestern region of Costa Rica is presented. This species of spider is known to be an active predator of small amphibians and reptiles, in addition to including a wide diversity of invertebrates in their diet, which it immobilizes with its venom.

Source: Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología

DOI: 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.2.1125

Authors: Roberto Fernández Ugalde, Alejandro Solórzano

Institutions: Guanacaste Conservation Area, Universidad de Costa Rica

Language: English

Topic: Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4412837723

FWCI: 0.867

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