Depredación por larva de escarabajo de agua (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) y canibalismo en Lithobates berlandieri (Anura: Ranidae) en Huatusco, Veracruz, México
We documented for the first time, a depredatory event along with cannibalism, where two tadpoles of Lithobates berlandieri approached to the body of a tadpole while being predated by the larva of dytiscid and fed on it. This case of cannibalism suggest a competitive response.
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| Format: | Online |
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Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
2018
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| Online Access: | https://azm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/azm/article/view/2160 |
| Summary: | We documented for the first time, a depredatory event along with cannibalism, where two tadpoles of Lithobates berlandieri approached to the body of a tadpole while being predated by the larva of dytiscid and fed on it. This case of cannibalism suggest a competitive response. |
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