First record of the house gecko Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) in the diet of the vine snake Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin, 1803)

The vine snake Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin, 1803) is a widely distributed arboreal member of the Colubridae which occurs from Mexico southwards to Bolivia and Brazil in the Amazon Forest (Cisneros-Heredia and Touzet, 2006). Recently, Scartozzoni, Salomao and Almeida-Santos (2009) presented data on the diet of O. fulgidus, based on original observations and a review of literature records. Oxybelis fulgidus was reported to feed exclusively on lizards (53.7%) and birds (46.3%). Regarding the lizards, 11 species were recorded as preys of this snake (two others were not identified on species level and a third individual was considered as an “unidentified lizard”) belonging to eight genera (Ameiva, Anolis, Basiliscus, Ctenosaura, Mabuya, Polychrus, Tropidurus, and Sceloporus) and seven families (Corytophanidae, Iguanidae, Phrynosomatidae, Polychrotidae, Scincidae, Teiidae, and Tropiduridae). In this study we present a new food item in the diet of O. fulgidus. At the 19