Lysapsus limellum (ANURA: HYLIDAE): AVIAN PREDATION BY Butorides striata (PELECANIFORMES: ARDEIDAE) IN THE PANTANAL WETLAND, BRAZIL

Caio Marinho Mello; Bruno  B. Loureiro; Fabrício H. Oda; Elisa S. Monteiro; Henrique Olsen; Thiago Silva-Soares

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.1.775

Authors

Caio Marinho Mello Instituto Neotropical: Pesquisa e Conservação, Rua Purus n. 33, Curitiba, Paraná 82520-750, Brazil.
Bruno B. Loureiro Secretaria de Estado da Educação do Espírito Santo, Avenida Cézar Hilal n. 1111, Santa Lúcia, Vitória, Espírito Santo 29056085, Brazil. / Secretaria Municipal de Educação de Vila Velha, Rua Castelo Branco n. 1803, Olaria, Vila Velha, Espírito Santo 29123570, Brazil.
Fabrício H. Oda Laboratório de Parasitologia Animal, Instituto de Biociências, Fundação Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul 79070-900, Brazil.
Elisa S. Monteiro Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo 29075-910, Brazil
Henrique Olsen Rua Porto Calvo, n. 104 201-A, Ipanema, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.
Thiago Silva-Soares Neotropical Biodiversity Institute, Herpeto Capixaba project, Av. Lã Paloma n. 120, Cond. Village dos Pássaros, 15, Enseada Azul, Guarapari, Espírito Santo 29206-090, Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.1.775

Keywords:

Aquatic frog, predator-prey interaction, wading bird, wetland

Abstract

The Uruguay harlequin frog Lysapsus limellum is widely distributed in South America, where it inhabits open flooded savannah, rainforest areas, and floating meadows of large rivers. In these aquatic ecosystems, the species has a prolonged breeding season. Nevertheless, its interspecific interactions are pooly known, with only two predation reports by invertebrates. In this note, we present the first record of L. limellum preyed upon the Striated heron "Socozinho" Butorides striata in the Pantanal Wetland, central Brazil.

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