Reptiles are largely preyed by other reptiles, mammals, and birds, including birds of prey (Alencar et al. 2012, Spencer et al. 2014, Cortes-Gomez et al. 2015. Consequently, reptiles developed a set of defense mechanisms to avoid predation, such as cryptic or aposematic coloration (Caro 2014).However, these strategies may not always be efficient, especially against specialized birds of prey.There are records on birds of prey finding, capturing, and ingesting different cryptic or aposematic reptiles
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