Diet of the gecko Hemidactylus frenatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Coco’s Island National Park, Costa Rica
The common house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, is a native of Indonesia that has rapidly colonized new environments. Normally it is found in human constructions, but it can also invade natural environments and is causing the displacement and extinction of some native lizards, mostly in oceanic islan...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Institución: | Universidad Estatal a Distancia |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNED |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/1229 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/1229 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Hemidactylus frenatus Coco’s Island National Park diet stomach contents introduced specie Theridium app Formicidae. Parque Nacional Isla del Coco dieta contenidos estomacales especie introducida |
| Sumario: | The common house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, is a native of Indonesia that has rapidly colonized new environments. Normally it is found in human constructions, but it can also invade natural environments and is causing the displacement and extinction of some native lizards, mostly in oceanic islands. In the Pacific reserve of Isla del Coco (Costa Rica) we captured nine specimens with sticky traps and direct capture. Theridium spp. accounted for 54% of its stomach contents (25,7% were unidentified remains and 18,8% Hymenoptera). |
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