OALibJOpen Access Library Journal2333-9705Scientific Research Publishing10.4236/oalib.1105289OALibJ-91420ArticlesBiomedical&Life Sciences Business&Economics Chemistry&Materials Science Computer Science&Communications Earth&Environmental Sciences Engineering Medicine&Healthcare Physics&Mathematics Social Sciences&Humanities Predation Record of Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) by Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) (Aves: Cuculiformes: Cuculidae) in the Region of Arraial do Cabo, East Coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil MarceloTardelli Rodrigues1RodrigoCumplido1DavidSteinwender2DavidBraga Quintanilha1UbirajaraGonçalves de Melo Junior1Patriciade Oliveira Paiva Quintanilha1LuisaMaria Diele-Viegas3Posto Avancado da área de Protecao Ambiental da Serra da Sapiatiba (APA da Serra da Sapiatiba), área de Protecao Ambiental do Pau Brasil (APA do Pau Brasil), and Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol (PECS), Superintendência Regional Lagos Sao Joao, Instituto Estadual do Ambiente (INEA), Cabo Frio-RJ, BrazilPrograma de Pós-Graduacao em Ecologia e Evolucao, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro-RJ, BrazilPrograma Associado de Pós-Graduacao em Biotecnologia Marinha (PPGBM), Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira (IEAPM) and Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Arraial do Cabo-RJ, Brazil0603201906031525, February 201922, March 2019 25, March 2019© Copyright 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. 2014This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The tropical house gecko is an exotic and invasive lizard that has a wide distribution in the New World. Throughout its area of occurrence, the species is predated by several native predators, such as spiders, lizards, snakes, birds, and mammals. The guira cuckoo is a widely distributed bird in South America, usually found in man-impacted regions. The species feeds mainly on arthropods, small vertebrates, and reptiles, such as lizards. This note presents a documented record of predation of a tropical house gecko by a guira cuckoo in the region of Arraial do Cabo, east coast of Rio de Janeiro State, on December 22, 2017. This is one of the few documented records of predation of Hemidactylus mabouia by Guira guira in southeastern Brazil.

Predation Tropical House Gecko Guira CuckooAcknowledgements

We thank the Instituto Estadual do Ambiente (INEA) park rangers for their support during the hikes in the Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol (PECS).

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Rodrigues, M.T., Cumplido, R., Steinwender, D., Quintanilha, D.B., de Melo Jr., U.G., de Oliveira Paiva Quintanilha, P. and Diele-Viegas, L.M. (2019) Predation Record of Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) by Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) (Aves: Cuculiformes: Cuculidae) in the Region of Arraial do Cabo, East Coast of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Open Access Library Journal, 6: e5289. https://doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1105289

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