ATTEMPTED CONSUMPTION ON A WHITE-WINGED DOVE (Zenaida asiatica) CHICK BY A COMMON GREEN IGUANA (Iguana iguana)
The Common Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) inhabits neotropical forests from northern Mexico to Central America andnortheastern South America. It is considered mainly herbivorous, with no ontogenetic changes in its diet. However, it is known that it occasionally consumes matter of animal origin. Here w...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx:article/807 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/revista/article/view/807 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Dieta Carroña Iguana Zoológico Mérida Yucatán diet carrion zoo |
| Sumario: | The Common Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) inhabits neotropical forests from northern Mexico to Central America andnortheastern South America. It is considered mainly herbivorous, with no ontogenetic changes in its diet. However, it is known that it occasionally consumes matter of animal origin. Here we report an attempted consumption of a chick of the White Pigeon (Zenaidaasiatica) by I. iguana. We do not know if the event was an attempt at predation or scavenging behavior. |
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