UN ALMUERZO PICANTE: REPORTE DE DEPREDACIÓN DE Rhinella arunco (GUICHENOT 1848) (ANURA, BUFONIDAE) SOBRE Apis mellifera EN LA REGIÓN DE VALPARAÍSO, CHILE

Matías Faúndez; Melissa  Cancino-Valera; Juan  Herrera; Matías  Sáa; Ignacio  Garrido-Muñoz

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.3.1536

Autores/as

Matías Faúndez Estudiante de medicina veterinaria Universidad Santo Tomas, sede de limonares https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5303-7486
Melissa Cancino-Valera Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Laboratorio de Genética y Evolución, Ñuñoa 7800003, Santiago, Chile https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6711-9778
Juan Herrera Universidad de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Reñaca, Chile.
Matías Sáa
Ignacio Garrido-Muñoz Universidad Andrés Bello, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Medicina Veterinaria, Viña del Mar, Chile. https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9442-3091

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2026.3.1536

Palabras clave:

Dieta, sapo de rulo, abeja melífera, anfibio

Resumen

Se reporta por primera vez el consumo de la especie exótica invasora Apis mellifera por parte del anfibio anuro endémico de Chile, sapo de rulo (Rhinella arunco). Se detalla todo el proceso de depredación y se presentan observaciones sobre la reacción del ejemplar hacia la picadura de su presa en la región de Valparaíso, Chile.

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