UNA RANA ARBORÍCOLA (Osteopilus septentrionalis, HYLIDAE) DEPREDANDO A UN TOMEGUÍN DE LA TIERRA ENJAULADO (Tiaris olivaceus) EN CUBA

Authors

  • Rafael Borroto-Paez Instituto de Geografia Tropical
  • Yessica Portal Ríos 1Centro de Servicios Ambientales Sancti Spiritus, Bartolomé Maso No. 2, / Avenida de los Mártires e Isabel María de Valdivia, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
  • Denise Reyes Perez Instituto de Geografia Tropical, Habana, Cuba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2020.2.174

Keywords:

Caged-bird, Cuban Treefrog, Osteopilus septentrionalis, pet, predation, Tiaris olivaceus. Yellow-faced Grassquit

Abstract

Abstract.-We are reporting the first case of predation of a Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) on a confined caged bird, a Yellow-faced Grassquit, (Tiaris oilivaceus) in central Cuba. We comment about predation on aquarium fish too. Both cases of predation are not reported previously.

Published

2020-11-22

How to Cite

Borroto-Paez, R., Portal Ríos, Y., & Reyes Perez, D. (2020). UNA RANA ARBORÍCOLA (Osteopilus septentrionalis, HYLIDAE) DEPREDANDO A UN TOMEGUÍN DE LA TIERRA ENJAULADO (Tiaris olivaceus) EN CUBA. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 3(2), 139–142. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2020.2.174