01964naa a2200229 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400370006010000150009724501510011226000090026352012520027265000110152465000270153565000110156265000120157365300180158570000140160370000220161770000210163977300740166020435192018-01-26       2016    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a0.1080/00222933.2016.1155782DOI1 aCAMPOS, Z.  aPredation on eggs of Schneider's dwarf caiman, Paleosuchus trigonatus (Schneider, 1807), by armadillos and other predators.h[electronic resource]  c2016  aNests of Schneider?s dwarf caiman, Paleosuchus trigonatus, were located in the forests around three streams that drain into the Xingu River, Brazilian Amazonia, in October 2014. Camera traps were installed at the edge of four nests to document predators and female parental care. At two nests, females unsuccessfully defended their nests against one or more giant armadillos, Priodontes maximus , and nine-banded armadillos, Dasypus novem-cinctus. Both armadillo species responded to the attack by fleeing and returning on the opposite side of the nest by going around the tree under which the nest was located. Giant armadillos have never before been recorded consuming caiman eggs and their diet has been described as consisting mostly of ants and termites. Another species of armadillo, Cabassous unicinctus, was also registered digging into a nest and probably consuming eggs, though it is generally considered to be primarily insectivorous. A tayra (Eira barbara), lizard (Tupinambis teguixin) and coati (Nasua nasua) were also registered taking eggs from nests during the day, but we obtained no registers of nest defence by caimans during the day. The three nests were attacked after 60 days of incubation, when the eggs were well develope.  aCaiman  aPaleosuchus trigonatus  aJacare  aRéptil  aJacaré-coroa1 aMUNIZ, F.1 aDESBIEZ, A. L. J.1 aMAGNUSSON, W. E.  tJournal of Natural Historygv. 50, n. 25-26, p. 1543-1548, apr. 2016.