PRIMER REPORTE DE DEPREDACIÓN DE Boana pugnax (HYLIDAE) E INTENTO DE DEPREDACIÓN DE Osteocephalus taurinus (HYLIDAE) POR Leptophis coeruleodorsus (COLUBRIDAE) EN COLOMBIA

Ronald Alessandro Díaz Flórez; Luis Arley Muñoz Sarmiento; Sebastián Di Domenico

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.1.787

Authors

Ronald Alessandro Díaz Flórez Semillero de Anfibios y Reptiles de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Luis Arley Muñoz Sarmiento Investigador independiente, La Macarena, Meta, Colombia.
Sebastián Di Domenico Investigador independiente, Bogotá, Colombia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.1.787

Keywords:

Diet, natural history, new prey record, predator

Abstract

We report the first record of predation of the treefrog (Boana pugnax) and an attempted predation on a hylid frog (Osteocephalus taurinus), both by Oliver’s parrot snake (Leptophis coeruleodorsus), in the Colombian Orinoco region.

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