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First Record of Predation on a Regal Black-striped Snake, Coniophanes imperialis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), by a Mexican Red-rump Tarantula, Tliltocatl vagans (Araneae: Theraphosidae), in Quintana Roo, Mexico

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  First Record of Predation on a Regal Black-striped Snake, Coniophanes imperialis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), by a Mexican Red-rump Tarantula, Tliltocatl vagans (Araneae: Theraphosidae), in Quintana Roo, Mexico Abstract We report the first documented predation event by the Mexican Red Rump Tarantula (Tliltocatl vagans) upon a Regal Black-striped Snake (Coniophanes imperialis), during the night on 27 September 2025, outside a house located on the outskirts of Bacalar city, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Cedeño-Vázquez, José & Beutelspacher-García, Pablo & Lucio Palacio, César. (2026). First record of predation on a regal black-striped snake Coniophanes imperialis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) by a Mexican red rump tarantula Tliltocatl vagans (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología. 09. 477-481. 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.2.1603. 

Morphological and molecular evidence support a new species of the genus Ilocomba Brescovit, 1997 (Araneae, Anyphaenidae, Anyphaeninae) from the Andes of Colombia

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Exploring the evolutionary path of male genitalia in the genus Heterophrynus (Arachnida: Amblypygi) from the Colombian Andes: a new endemic species revealed

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Systematic placement of the enigmatic genus Timesius Simon, 1879 (Opiliones, Laniatores, Nomoclastidae), with description of a new species from the Colombian Andes

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