Predation of Anolis sagrei (Sauria: Anolidae) by Rhinella horribilis (Anura: Bufonidae) in Mexico
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Documentation of predator-prey interactions is essential for understanding the trophic relationships and ecology of the species involved; however, direct observation of them is rare. We describe a predation event of Anolis sagrei Duméril & Bibron, 1837 by Rhinella horribilis (Wiegmann, 1833) in the urban area of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico, providing novel information on the trophic relationship between these species, whose association with anthropized environments is very close.
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brown anole, Mesoamerican cane toad, diet, trophic ecology, anthropized environment, Mexican Caribbean
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Campbell, J. A. (1998). Amphibians and reptiles of northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize. University of Oklahoma Press.
Cedeño-Vázquez, J. R., Cedeño-Zacarías, E., & Lucio-Palacio, C. R. (2023). Anolis sagrei (Brown Anole). Predation. Herpetological Review, 54(2), 290–291.
Cedeño-Vázquez, J. R., Lucio-Palacio, C. R., Cedeño-Zacarías, E., & Candia-Ramírez, C. T. (2025). Possible predation on a brown anole Anolis sagrei (Squamata: Anolidae) by a Mexican red rump tarantula Tliltocatl vagans (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetolología, 8(2), e1249–282.
https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.2.1249
Dias, M. A. P. C., Vieira, E. M. A., Assis, C. L., & Feio, R. N. (2023). Depredación de Micrurus cf. carvalhoi (Serpentes: Elapidae) por Cariama cristata (Cariamiformes: Cariamidae). Caldasia, 45(2), 377–379. https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v45n2.95720
Díaz-Gamboa, L., May-Herrera, D., Gallardo-Torres, A., Cedeño-Vázquez, R., González-Sánchez, V., Chiappa-Carrara, X., & Yañes-Arenas, C. (2020). Catálogo de reptiles de la península de Yucatán. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
Frost, D. R. (2025). Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Disponible en: https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. [consultado el 15 de julio de 2025]. https://doi.org/10.5531/db.vz.0001
Global Invasive Species Database. (2025). Species profile Norops sagrei. Disponible en: http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/speciesname/Norops+sagrei [Consultado el 16 de julio de 2025].
Heimes, P. (2022). Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. 2 Lizards of Mexico: Part 1. Iguanian Lizards. Edition Chimaira.
Lee, J. C. (1996). The amphibians and reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Cornell University Press.
Lee, J. C. (2000). A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Maya world. The lowlands of Mexico, northern Guatemala and Belize. Cornell University Press.
Meshaka, Jr. W. E., & Powell, R. (2010). Diets of the native Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris) and the exotic Cane Toad (Rhinella marina) from a single site in south-central Florida. Florida Scientist, 73(2), 175–179.
Pizzatto, L., Somaweera, R., Kelehear, C., & Brown, G. P. (2012). Rhinella marina (Cane Toad). Diet. Herpetological Review, 43(3), 469–471.
Raya-García, E., Sosa-Toche, M., & Suazo-Ortuño, I. (2024). Notes on summer diet of two sympatric bufonids (Rhinella horribilis and Incilius marmoreus) in a Neotropical environment from Western Mexico. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 31(4), 250–253. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2024-31-4-250-253
Rind, F. C., & Bels, V. (2024). Prey-predator interactions. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 18, 1367484. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2024.1367484
Vásquez-Cruz, V., Reynoso-Martínez, A., Fuentes-Moreno, A., & Canseco-Márquez, L. (2020). The distribution of Cuban brown anoles, Anolis sagrei (Squamata: Dactyloidae), in Mexico, with new records and comments on ecological interactions. Reptiles & Amphibians, 27(1), 29–35.
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Cedeño-Vázquez, J. R., & Ríos Rodas, L. (2026). Predation of Anolis sagrei (Sauria: Anolidae) by Rhinella horribilis (Anura: Bufonidae) in Mexico. Novitates Caribaea, (27), 80–83. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi27.392
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