Diet and nematode infection in Proceratoprhys boiei from two Atlantic rainforest remnants in Southeastern Brazil.

Autor: Klaion T; Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. thaiskferreira@gmail.com, Almeida-gomes M, Tavares LE, Rocha CF, Sluys MV
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias [An Acad Bras Cienc] 2011 Dec; Vol. 83 (4), pp. 1303-12.
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652011000400017
Abstrakt: Proceratophrys boiei is an endemic cycloramphid anuran inhabiting the leaf litter of Atlantic rainforests in Southeastern Brazil. We analyzed the whole digestive tract of 38 individuals of Proceratophrys boiei collected in two Atlantic Rainforest areas in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to study the diet composition and the helminth fauna associated with this species. The main food items in P. boiei's diet were Coleoptera, Orthoptera and Blattaria. Five nematode species were found: Aplectana delirae, Cosmocerca parva, Oxyascaris oxyascaris, Physaloptera sp. (larval stage only) and an unidentified nematode. Overall prevalence was 71% and mean infection intensity was 7.3 ± 5.8 neatodes per individual.
Databáze: MEDLINE