PREDATION OF THE PETERS' DWARF FROG Engystomops petersi BY THE SOUTH AMERICAN BULLFROG Leptodactylus pentadactylus (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE) IN THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON FOOTHILL

Authors

  • Mario Alberto Morales-Collazos Fundación para el Manejo y Conservación de la Biodiversidad Colombiana – Biotellus. Carrera 11 # 5-43, Popayán, Cauca, Colombia
  • Luis Enrique Vera-Pérez Independent researcher

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.2.639

Keywords:

Amphibia, diet, La Macarena, natural history, sympatric species

Abstract

Based on an observation from the Colombian Amazon forest, and the subsequent collection and revision of the specimens, we present the first predator-prey relationship between Leptodactylus pentadactylus and Engystomops petersi, two nocturnal and terrestrial frogs distributed in the Cis-Andean region of South America.

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Published

2023-05-04

How to Cite

Morales-Collazos, M. A., & Vera-Pérez, L. E. (2023). PREDATION OF THE PETERS’ DWARF FROG Engystomops petersi BY THE SOUTH AMERICAN BULLFROG Leptodactylus pentadactylus (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE) IN THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON FOOTHILL. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 6(2), e639 (38 – 40). https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.2.639

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2023): Amphibians and Reptiles: diversity and natural history

Section

Notas Científicas

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