We here report the first dynamic event of predation and defensive behavior in Microcaecilia nicefori provoked by Micrurus dumerilii in Armero, Tolima, Colombia, and we also provide a compendium of all the available literature records of caecilians being preyed upon by snakes in the Neotropic.
Riama striata (Peters, 1863) is an endemic lizard from Colombia of the Gymnophthalmidae family. This species can live in habitats disrupted by anthropic factors; it has semifossorial habits and usually exhibits cryptic coloration. Here, we report the first case of erythrism for the species based on an adult male from a locality north of the Bogotá savanna.
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