Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

Research Article

Eggs of the Blind Snake, Liotyphlops albirostris, Are Incubated in a Nest of the Lower Fungus-Growing Ant, Apterostigma cf. goniodes

Table 2

General summary of Squamata associated with fungus-growing ants.


Ant species	Vertebrates	Nature of association^†	Region

Apterostigma Cf. goniodes	Liotyphlops albirostris (A)	This study	Panama
Acromyrmex ambiguous	Philodryas patagoniensis (C), Liophis obtusus (C)	Oviposition	Uruguay [5]
Acromyrmex echinatior	Unidentified	Oviposition	Panama (H.F.M. pers. comm)
Acromyrmex heyeri	Philodryas patagoniensis (C), Liophis obtusus (C)	Oviposition	Uruguay [5]
Acromyrmex heyeri	Pseudoblabes agassizii (C), Liophis obtusus (C),	Oviposition	Uruguay [6]
Acromyrmex hispidus	Philodryas patagoniensis (C), Clelia rustica (C)	Oviposition	Uruguay [5]
Acromyrmex hispidus	Philodryas aestivus manegarzoni (C)	Oviposition	Uruguay [6]
Acromyrmex lobicornis	Philodryas patagoniensis (C), Liophis obtusus (C), Micrurus frontalis altirostris (E), Leptotyphlops munoai (L), Liophis jaegeri (C), Pseudoblabes agassizii (C), Elapomorphus bilineatus (C)	Oviposition	Uruguay [5]
Acromyrmex lobicornis	Liophis obtusus (C), Clelia rustica (C), Philodryas patagoniensis (C), Liophis obtusus (C), Pseudoblabes agassizii (C)	Oviposition	Uruguay [6]
Acromyrmex lundi	Amphisbaena darwini (Am)	Oviposition	Uruguay [6]
Acromyrmex octospinosus	Leptodeira annulata (C)		Venezuela [19]
Acromyrmex octospinosus	Stenorrhina degenhardti (C)	Oviposition	Colombia [10]
Acromyrmex octospinosus	Tripanurgos compressus (C)	Burrow	The island of Trinidad [7]
Acromyrmex striatus	Philodryas patagoniensis (C), Teius teyou (T)	Oviposition	Uruguay [5]
Atta cephalotes	Amphisbaena alba (Am)	Burrow and Predator	The island of Trinidad [20]
Atta colombica	Leptodeira annulata (C)	Oviposition	Panama [5]
Atta mexicana	Sympholis sp. (C)	Burrow	Southern Mexico [20]
Atta sexdens	Leptodeira sp. (C)	Oviposition	The island of Trinidad [7]
Atta sexdens	Amphisbaena alba (Am) and Amphisbaena mitchelli (Am)	Burrow	Brazil [21]
Atta sp. and Acromyrmex sp.	Psuedoboa neuwiedii (C)	Oviposition	South America [7]

Family (A: Anomalepididae, Am: Amphisbaenidae, C: Colubridae, E: Elapidae, L: Leptodactylidae, T: Teiidae).
^†The associations are defined as follows: oviposition: an egg was found inside a colony; burrow: an adult or a young snake was found inside the colony; predator: analyses of intestinal or fecal contents show evidence of prey.