Keywords
bosque de palmas
pastizal
Hacienda El Mirador
cultivos
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Abstract
Se reporta por primera vez la presencia de Melanomys caliginosus Ratón arrocero moreno (Rodentia: Cricetidae) en la dieta de la serpiente Bothrops asper para el Ecuador. Se encontró un individuo hembra adulto de la serpiente equis o terciopelo recientemente muerta por los trabajadores del sector durante una exploración al bosque de la Hacienda El Mirador en el Sector de Chitoa, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas. En su estómago se registró dos individuos en buen estado de Melanomys caliginosus, un macho juvenil y una hembra adulta gestante.
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