| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Authors: | T. M. Rodríguez-Cabrera, Savall, E. Morell, Teruel, R. |
| Journal: | Euscorpius - Occasional Publications in Scorpiology |
| Issue: | 342 |
| Pagination: | 1-6 |
| Date Published: | 01/12/2021 |
| ISSN: | 1536-9307 |
| Abstract: | Vertebrate predation by scorpions has been scarcely documented in the literature. Contrary to large scorpions of the genera Centruroides, Hadrurus, Opistophthalmus, and Pandinurus from North America and Africa, which are capable of subduing even small rodents and bats, West Indian scorpions of the genera Centruroides, Heteroctenus, and Tityus seem to limit their prey to amphibians and reptiles. Herein we present new cases of a frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis; Hylidae) and three lizards (Anolis allisoni, A. ophiolepis, and A. sagrei; Dactyloidae) preyed upon by Heteroctenus junceus (Herbst, 1800), at the time we summarize all cases of vertebrate predation by scorpions in the region. |
| URL: | https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2021/iss342/1/ |
| Short Title: | Euscorpius |
| Citation Key: | 1467 |
| Refereed Designation: | Refereed |