Odontophrynus americanus (Common Lesser Escuerzo): Tadpole predation
Anuran tadpoles are frequently preyed upon by a number of invertebrate predators, including dragonfly larvae, aquatic beetles and their larvae, belostomatid bugs, and spiders (Wells 2007. The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 1148 pp.). During fieldw...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/228322 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/228322 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | DYTISCIDAE WATER BEETLE LARVAE ANURANS https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | Anuran tadpoles are frequently preyed upon by a number of invertebrate predators, including dragonfly larvae, aquatic beetles and their larvae, belostomatid bugs, and spiders (Wells 2007. The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 1148 pp.). During fieldwork, on 20 November 2020, we observed a larva of a water beetle (ca. 52 mm total length) that had captured an Odontophrynus americanus tadpole (Fig. 1A)... |
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