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<journal-id>2594-2158</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista latinoamericana de herpetología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. latinoam. herpetol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2594-2158</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Herpetológica Mexicana A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2594-21582023000100012</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.01.621</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Predation Attempts of the Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) and the Neotropical Otter (Lontra longicaudis) by the Central American Boa Constrictor (Boa imperator) in the Northern Portion of the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Intentos de depredación de la zorrita gris (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) y de la nutria de río (Lontra longicaudis) por parte de la Mazacuata (Boa imperator) en la porción norte de la Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, México]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Melgar-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Iris]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tarano-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Padilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elí]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villalobos-Juárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iván]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lavariega]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mario C.]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lazcano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[David]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Ecoturístico Tres Lagunas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ocosingo Chiapas]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ocosingo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ocosingo Chiapas]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Biodiversidad Mesoamericana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Oaxaca de Juárez Oaxaca]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Organización Los Hijos del Desierto  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Aguascalientes Aguascalientes]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico Nacional Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Oaxaca]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas Laboratorio de Herpetología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Nicolás de los Garza Nuevo León]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>6</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2594-21582023000100012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2594-21582023000100012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2594-21582023000100012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Predator-prey interactions in the wild are scarcely observed or photo documented. This kind of natural history information is vital to understanding trophic chains and the ecology of the species involved. We present relevant new information regarding the diet of the Mesoamerican Boa (Boa imperator) in the northern region of the Selva Lacandona in Chiapas, Mexico. We expect that this information will be beneficial for the understanding of trophic webs in this multicultural and biodiverse region from southern Mexico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Las interacciones depredador-presa en la naturaleza son escasamente observadas y foto documentadas. Este tipo de información de historia natural es vital para comprender la cadena trófica y la ecología de las especies involucradas. Presentamos nueva información relevante sobre la dieta de la Mazacuata (Boa imperator) en la porción norte de la Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, México. Esperamos que esta información sea de beneficio para el entendimiento de las redes tróficas en esta región multicultural y biodiversa del sur de México.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mazacuata]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Zorrita gris]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Nutria de río]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[interacción presa-depredador]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Selva Lacandona]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Central American Boa Constrictor]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Gray Fox]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Neotropical Otter]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[prey-predator interactions]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Selva Lacandona]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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