Produção Nacional
Predation of Boana faber (Anura, Hylidae) upon Dendropsophus minutus (Anura, Hylidae)
2023; Volume: 17; Linguagem: Inglês
10.17648/heringeriana.v17i1.918025
ISSN2359-165X
AutoresHenrique J. Oliveira, M. Muller, Priscila Carvalho, Diego José Santana,
Tópico(s)Insect Utilization and Effects
ResumoThe Blacksmith Tree Frog Boana faber (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) is a large-sized species that inhabits water bodies in forested and open environments in the Atlantic Forest, from northeastern Argentina to eastern Brazil (Faivovich et al. 2005; Haddad et al. 2013).The vocalization of this species resembles the hammering of a blacksmith and males have a prepollex with a spine resembling a thumb, which is used in combat with other males.The Boana faber reproduction involves mud nests constructed by males at the edges of bodies of water (Martins, 1993; Maffei & Ubaid, 2014).Despite some aspects of its biology are well known, like his breeding behavior (Martins, 1993) and movement (Oliveira et al. 2016).Observations on its trophic ecology remain scarce, with some information about attempted predation (Rocha-Lima et al. 2018) and diet (Table 1).In this contribution we report a predation event by Boana faber on November 3rd, 2021, at approximately 8:00 p.m, in Serra do Brigadeiro, municipality of Ervália, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil (-20.86661ºS, -42.52393ºW, datum WGS84; 1,091 m a.s.l [above sea level]).On the ground, on the shores of a small water bodie, we found a male of B. faber
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