01421nas a2200157 4500008004100000022001400041245016200055210006900217260001500286300000800301520081300309100003501122700002801157700002001185856005801205 2021 eng d a1536-930700aAmphibians and reptiles as prey of Heteroctenus junceus (Scorpiones: Buthidae), with a summary of vertebrate predation by scorpions in the West Indies0 aAmphibians and reptiles as prey of iHeteroctenus junceusi Scorpi c01/12/2021 a1-63 a

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.

1 aRodríguez-Cabrera, Tomás, M.1 aSavall, Ernesto, Morell1 aTeruel, Rolando uhttps://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2021/iss342/1/