FIRST RECORD OF A PREDATION EVENT ON A COMMON HOUSE GECKO Hemidactylus frenatus (SQUAMATA: GEKKONIDAE) BY A MILK FROG Trachycephalus typhonius (ANURA: HYLIDAE) IN AN URBAN AREA

Rogelio Cedeño Vázquez; Erandi Cedeño-Zacarías

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.2.1168

Autores/as

Rogelio Cedeño Vázquez
Erandi Cedeño-Zacarías

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.2.1168

Palabras clave:

Anthropized environment, Chetumal, diet, introduced lizards, Mexico, Quintana Roo, tree frogs

Resumen

The diet of the milk frog (Trachycephalus typhonius) consists mainly of terrestrial arthropods, although there are some observations involving small vertebrates such as frogs, lizards and bats. We report the first record of a predation event of T. typhonius on a common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in an urban area. The observation took place in the garage of a house in the city of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

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