Use the following type of citation: North-western Journal of Zoology 2021: e217504 *Handling editor: Yurii Kornilev *Manuscript Domain: Herpetology of the Americas *Manuscript code: NwJZ_20_HA_07 *Submission date: 19_04_ 2020 *Revised: 14_06_2021 *Accepted / Rejected: 01_08_2021 *No. of words (without abstract, acknowledgement, references, tables, captions): 1460 Title of the paper: Diet of Salvator merianae (Squamata: Teiidae): New prey item and review of predation records Running head: New prey item and a diet review of Salvator merianae Authors (First LAST - without institution name!): Heithor Simão DINIZ;Zoology Renato Neves FEIO; Clodoaldo of Lopes DE ASSIS; Jhonny José Magalhães GUEDES proofing Key Words (at least five keywords): Atlantic Forest, Dipsas, feeding behavior, prey-predator Journal interaction, Tegu lizard until No. of Tables: 1 No. of Figures: 0 paper No. of Files (landscape tables should be in separate file): 1 North-western Accepted Use the following type of citation: North-western Journal of Zoology 2021: e217504 1 Diet of Salvator merianae (Squamata: Teiidae): New prey 2 item and review of predation records 3 Heithor Simão DINIZ1,*, Renato Neves FEIO1, Clodoaldo Lopes DE ASSIS1 and Jhonny José 4 Magalhães GUEDES2 5 1. Departamento de Biologia Animal, Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Universidade Federal 6 de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, Brazil. 7 2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Departamento de Ecologia, Campus 8 Samambaia – Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, 74001-970, Brazil. 9 *Corresponding author, H. S. Diniz, E-mail:
[email protected] 10 Running title: Zoology 11 Abstract of 12 The Tegu lizard Salvator merianae is a large species proofingwith a wide geographic distribution 13 in South America.