OVIPOSICIÓN DE STENORRHINA DEGENHARDTI (SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE) EN UN NIDO DE ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) OVIPOSITION OF STENORRHINA DEGENHARDTI (SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE) IN A NEST OF ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)

OVIPOSICIÓN DE STENORRHINA DEGENHARDTI (SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE) EN UN NIDO DE ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) OVIPOSITION OF STENORRHINA DEGENHARDTI (SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE) IN A NEST OF ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)

During excavation of a leaf-cutter nest (Acromyrmex octospinosus), we discovered a clutch laid by the colubrid snake Stenorrhina degenhardti. The eggs and the bulk of the ant nest were transferred to a laboratory at the University of Antioquia for rearing. The ants not only tolerated the snake clutc...

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Main Authors: Eliana Velásquez-Múnera, Adriana Ortiz-Reyes, Vivian P. Páez, Gloria E. Guzmán-Restrepo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2008-12-01
Series:Actualidades Biológicas
Subjects:
Acromyrmex octospinosus
Formicidae
inquilinismo de incubación hormiga-serpiente
Stenorrhina degenhardti
snake incubatory inquilinism
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