Predation of <i>Liolaemus huacahuasicus</i> (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemini) by <i>Brachistosternus intermedius</i> (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae) in Cumbres Calchaquíes, Tucumán Province, Northwestern Argentina

Abstract

In the course of a herpetological survey of the summit of the Cumbres Calchaquíes Mountains, on a rocky outcrop facing south east, near Provincial Road352 (26º22'45.7”S, 65º43'54.7”W, 3612 m),38.3 km W Hualinchay, Trancas Department, Tucumán Province, on 16 December 2009 at ca. 1500, we found an adult male scorpion (Brachistosternus intermedius) under a rock holding with the chelae and eating the remains of a neonate lizard (posterior midbody, missing tip of tail).