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And Columbina Talpacoti (Temminck, 1810) (Columbriformes: Columbidae) Herpetology Notes, volume 14: 899-901 (2021) (published online on 24 June 2021) Predator-prey interaction episode between Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 (Serpentes: Boidae) and Columbina talpacoti (Temminck, 1810) (Columbriformes: Columbidae) Itamar Dutra Santos-Filho1, Marcelino Benvindo-Souza1,2, Rhayane Alves de Assis1,3, Nathan Pereira Lima Amorim1, Rinneu Elias Borges4, and Lia Raquel de Souza Santos1,* Records of predator-prey interactions involving boas 1978; Boback et al, 2012). Like the other large Boidae, show a very diverse menu in natural environments, since Boas are known to be diet generalist, since their menu they ingest a wide variety of vertebrates (Pizzatto et al., includes amphibians (Pizzatto et al., 2009), reptiles 2009; Cabral et al., 2019). Natural history observations, (Quick et al., 2005), birds, and mammals (Marques et especially about predation, may contribute to the al., 2001; Ferrari et al., 2004; Cisneros-Heredia et al., understanding of a given species’ biology, behaviour, 2005; Sorrell et al., 2011; Teixeira et al., 2016; Cabral intra and interspecific interactions, the flow in the et al., 2019). food chain, and even the dispersions carried out by The ruddy ground-dove (C. talpacoti) is found in the the specimens, filling in the gaps in the ecological South American Cerrado, where it can also be found in knowledge of such species (Sih and Christensen, 2001). urban environments (Amâncio et al., 2010; Wikiaves, In this context, we report a predatory event of a ruddy 2020). ground-dove (Columbina talpacoti) that was preyed by Records of boas preying on birds are common, e.g. a Boa constrictor amarali. Pitangus sulphuratus and Turdus rufiventris (Rocha- Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 is found in South Santos et al., 2014), Diopsittaca nobilis (Travaglia- America only (Nogueira et al., 2019), associated Cardoso et al., 2016) and others (Boback, 2005; Begotti to several vegetative formations, demonstrating a and Filho, 2012; Rocha-Santos et al., 2014; Cabral great plasticity regarding its geographic distribution et al., 2019). However, to our knowledge, there were (Henderson et al., 1995). Boas are known to be large no reports of C. talpacoti as a prey of B. constrictor animals that reach up to four meters in length (Reed and amarali so far, even though other columbiformes have Rodda, 2009). They are not venomous, nevertheless already been observed as Boas’ preys (e.g., a Columba they have bulky muscular bodies that allow them livia, see Hayes, 2002; Cabral et al., 2019). to efficiently kill their preys by using constriction On 12 April 2018, around 08:20 h, on the edge of a dirt (Ehmann, 1993; Greene, 1997; Greene and Burghardt, track in a semideciduous forest that goes towards the source of Rio do Abóbora., in Rio Verde municipality, Goiás state, Brazil (-17.4846ºN, -50.5856ºW), we 1 Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia e Sistemática Animal, Instituto observed an episode of predation in which a C. talpacoti Federal Goiano, Rodovia Sul Goiana, Km 01, Zona Rural, was caught by a B. constrictor amarali (Fig. 1A), at the Rio Verde, 75901-970 Goiás, Brazil. time of observation, the Boa had already captured the 2 Laboratório de Mutagênese, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, bird, and was ingesting it head-first, but when the snake Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 74690-900 Goiás, noticed our presence, it withdrew to the closest bushes. Brazil. The specimens were not collected. 3 Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista Boas are known to be generalists, because their diet “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” ¨C UNESP, Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, Jardim Nazareth, São José do Rio Preto, São includes a series of different species of vertebrates, Paulo, CEP: 15.054-000, Brazil. such as birds (Aratinga pertinax, Columba corensis, 4 Universidade de Rio Verde, Fazenda Fontes do Saber, Rio Myarchus tyrannulus, etc), mammals (Rattus rattus, Verde, 75901-970 Goiás, Brazil. Sylvilagus floridanus, Canis familiaris) and lizards * Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] (Cnemidophorus arubensis, Ameiva bifrontata, Iguana © 2021 by Herpetology Notes. Open Access by CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. iguana) (Marques et al., 2001; Ferrari et al., 2004; 900 Itamar Dutra Santos-Filho et al. Begotti, R.A., Filho, A.M. (2012): Fatal Attack on an adult Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus by a Boa constrictor in the Brazilian Amazon. Cotiga 34: 172–173. Cabral, S.O., Freitas, I.S., Morlanes, V., Katzenberger, M., Calabuig, C. (2019): Potential seed dispersers: a new facet of the ecological role of Boa constrictor constrictor Linnaeus 1758. Biota Neotropica 19(4): e20180626. Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., León-Reyes, A. (2005): Boa constrictor predation on a Titi monkeys, Callicebus discolor. Neotropical Primates 13(3): 11–12. Ehmann, H. (1993): Family Boidae. In: Fauna of Australia- Amphibia and Reptilia, p. 2–15. Glasby, C.G., Ross, G.J.B., Beesley, P.L. Eds., Australia. AGPS Canberra. Ferrari, S.F., Pereira, W.L.A., Santos, R.R., Veiga, L.M. (2004): Fatal Attack of a Boa constrictor on a Bearded Saki (Chiropotes satanas utahicki). Folia Primatologica 75(2): 111–113. Figure 1. An individual of Boa (B. constrictor amarali) Greene, H.W. (1997): Snakes: the evolution of mystery in nature. preying on a Ruddy ground-dove (C. talpacoti) in Rio Verde, 45th Ed. California, USA, University of California Press. Goiás, Brazil. 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