FIRST RECORD OF A DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR IN Microcaecilia nicefori (GYMNOPHIONA: SIPHONOPIDAE) PROVOKED BY THE SNAKEBITE OF Micrurus dumerilii (SERPENTES: ELAPIDAE)

We here report the first dynamic event of predation and defensive behavior in Microcaecilia nicefori provoked by Micrurus dumerilii in Armero, Tolima, Colombia, and we also provide a compendium of all the available literature records of caecilians being preyed upon by snakes in the Neotropic.