Diet of bromeliad-frog Phyllodytes luteolus (Anura, Hylidae) in Atlantic Forest environments: what have the frogs been eating outside sandy coastal plains?

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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.29

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Amphibians, Lowland forest, Prey, Restinga, Trophic ecology

Abstract

Knowledge about the diet of anurans in different environments is essential to understanding important aspects of their trophic ecology. The bromeliad-frog Phyllodytes luteolus inhabits tank bromeliads in sandy coastal plains and lowland forests on the mainland, as well as a continental island in southeastern Brazil. In this work, we describe and analyze the diet of P. luteolus in three environments. We obtained the consumed prey items of 92 frogs (32 from sandy coastal plain, 32 from lowland forest and 28 from the island) via a stomach-flushing procedure. We found some variations in consumed prey composition and prey volume across populations, but ants represented the most important consumed prey in all environments. Only ants had a relative importance greater than 50%, which may suggest a specialized diet that transcends the sandy coastal plain environment.

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  • Marcio Marques Mageski, Universidade Vila Velha. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ecossistemas

    Campus Boa Vista. Avenida Comissário José Dantas Mello, 21, Boa Vista II, CEP 29102‑920, Vila Velha, ES, Brasil.

  • Elaine Costa Campinhos, Universidade Vila Velha

    Campus Boa Vista. Avenida Comissário José Dantas Mello, 21, Boa Vista II, CEP 29102‑920, Vila Velha, ES, Brasil.

  • Charles Duca, Universidade Vila Velha. Laboratório de Ecologia de Populações e Conservação

    Campus Nossa Senhora da Penha. Rua Mercúrio, s/nº, Residencial Coqueiral, CEP 29102‑623, Vila Velha, ES, Brasil.

  • Maria Carolina Stein, Universidade Vila Velha

    Campus Boa Vista. Avenida Comissário José Dantas Mello, 21, Boa Vista II, CEP 29102-920, Vila Velha, ES, Brasil.

  • Melissa Peron de Oliveira, Universidade Vila Velha

    Campus Boa Vista. Avenida Comissário José Dantas Mello, 21, Boa Vista II, CEP 29102-920, Vila Velha, ES, Brasil.

  • Rute Beatriz Garcia Clemente-Carvalho, Queen’s University. Department of Biology

    K7L 3N6, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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Diet of bromeliad-frog Phyllodytes luteolus (Anura, Hylidae) in Atlantic Forest environments: what have the frogs been eating outside sandy coastal plains?. (2019). Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 59, e20195929. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.29