Leptodactylus chaquensis (Anura, Leptodactylidae) as a predator of Pseudis platensis (Anura, Hylidae) in southern Brazil

Authors

  • Fabrício Hiroiuki Oda Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aqüicultura (Nupélia), Laboratório de Ictioparasitologia, Maringá.
  • Priscilla Guedes Gambale Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais (PEA).
  • Vinicius Guerra Batista Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais (PEA).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2016.23854

Keywords:

aquatic frog, breeding season, opportunistic predation, prey, terrestrial frog

Abstract

Frogs from the Family Leptodactylidae are among the most important opportunistic feeders on other anuran species. Here we report a case of predation of Pseudis platensis by the Cei’s white-lipped frog Leptodactylus chaquensis in breeding habitat from agricultural landscape, southern Brazil.

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Published

2016-01-01

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2016):

Section

Short communications

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How to Cite

Leptodactylus chaquensis (Anura, Leptodactylidae) as a predator of Pseudis platensis (Anura, Hylidae) in southern Brazil. (2016). Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity, 12(1), 45-48. https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2016.23854