PREDATION OF Rheohyla miotympanum (ANURA: HYLIDAE) BY Pliocercus elapoides (SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE) IN THE CENTER OF VERACRUZ

Authors

  • Juan Manuel Díaz-García Instituto de Ecología A.C.
  • Alfonso Kelly-Hernández PIMVS Herpetario Palancoatl
  • Víctor Vásquez-Cruz PIMVS Herpetario Palancoatl

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2022.3.456

Keywords:

Cloud forest, diet, false coral snake, trophic ecology, small-eared tree frog

Abstract

In this note we present a case of predation of small-eared tree frog Rheohyla miotympanum by the false coral snake Pliocercus elapoides in central Veracruz, México. This report represents the first known vertebrate predator of the small-eared tree frog, and the first hylid prey item reported in the diet of the false coral snake

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Published

2022-07-15

How to Cite

Díaz-García, J. M., Kelly-Hernández, A., & Vásquez-Cruz, V. (2022). PREDATION OF Rheohyla miotympanum (ANURA: HYLIDAE) BY Pliocercus elapoides (SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE) IN THE CENTER OF VERACRUZ. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 5(3), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2022.3.456

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2022): Amphibians and Reptiles: diversity and natural history

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Notas Científicas

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