Diet of Boana albopunctata (Anura: Hylidae) in an Atlantic Forest fragment of southeastern Brazil

Diet of Boana albopunctata (Anura: Hylidae) in an Atlantic Forest fragment of southeastern Brazil

Anurans are important in trophic food chains because they feed on invertebrates, many of which are harmful to humans. We investigated the diet of 100 specimens of Boana albopunctata from an Atlantic Forest fragment in Ponte Nova municipality, Minas Gerais state. We obtained 107 prey items. The most...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Oliveira Pacheco, Vanessa Gonçalves Ferreira, Rose Marie Hoffmann de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2017-06-01
Series:Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology
Subjects:
food items
natural history
trophic ecology
Online Access:https://www.revistas.usp.br/phyllo/article/view/134073

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