ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR EMPLOYED BY Rhinella castaneotica (Bufonidae) DURING CLIMBING BEHAVIOUR

Carlos Eduardo Costa de Campos; Fillipe Pedroso-Santos

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2022.3.482

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR EMPLOYED BY Rhinella castaneotica (Bufonidae) DURING CLIMBING BEHAVIOUR

Authors

Carlos Eduardo Costa de Campos Universidade Federal do Amapa
Fillipe Pedroso-Santos 3Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Tropical – PPGBio, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2022.3.482

Keywords:

Bufonids, Eastern Amazonia, Crouching down

Abstract

Anurans show several antipredator behaviours. Body raising is characterized by inflation of the lungs. We describe the body raising behaviour of Rhinella castaneotica during climbing behaviour from Amazonian rainforest in the state of Amapá, northern Brazil. Climbing behaviour is a common ability in dendrobatids and bufonids, but the body raising is not recognized to occur in synergy in R. castaneotica. We hope that our observations contribute with the current knowledge of antipredator behaviour associated with climbing behaviour in anurans

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Published

2022-08-11

How to Cite

Costa de Campos, C. E., & Pedroso-Santos, F. (2022). ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR EMPLOYED BY Rhinella castaneotica (Bufonidae) DURING CLIMBING BEHAVIOUR. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 5(3), 09–11. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2022.3.482