FROG EATS FROG: FIRST RECORD OF ANUROPHAGY IN Serranobatrachus (STRABOMANTIDAE), AN ENDEMIC GENUS FROM THE SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA

Gabriela Alejandra Valencia-Macías; Mauricio Rivera-Correa; Erick Rodrigo Ocaña Díaz

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.3.1311

Autores/as

Gabriela Alejandra Valencia-Macías Red de Ecología y Conservación de Vertebrados, Instituto de Ecología A.C. Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Mauricio Rivera-Correa Grupo Herpetológico de Antioquia, Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia.
Erick Rodrigo Ocaña Díaz Posgrado en Neuroetología, Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.3.1311

Palabras clave:

Anuros, competencia, depredación, dieta, Terrarana

Resumen

Los anuros en su mayoría, son depredadores generalistas que consumen una amplia variedad de presas, incluyendo vertebrados. Si bien existen múltiples reportes y análisis de la dieta de anfibios, el consumo de otros anuros (anurofagia) requiere más investigación para comprender su relevancia a nivel trófico, especialmente en especies endémicas y en peligro. Aquí presentamos el primer registro de anurofagia en Serranobatrachus; género endémico de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. En particular, documentamos un evento de depredación de S. megalops sobre S. insignitus; hallazgo que contribuye al conocimiento de un grupo con escasos registros de comportamiento.

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