Feeding Habits of the Japanese Rice Frog, Fejervarya kawamurai, as an Invasive Species

Autor:	Tamao Hojo, Hirohiko Takeuchi, Nagisa Tosano, Mina Kajino
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	0106 biological sciences Dicroglossidae biology 010607 zoology Food habits Zoology biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Invasive species Predation Japanese rice Animal Science and Zoology Ecosystem Fejervarya kawamurai
Zdroj:	Current Herpetology. 38:187
ISSN:	1345-5834
DOI:	10.5358/hsj.38.187
Popis:	Fejervarya kawamurai (Dicroglossidae) is an invasive species occurring in several populations in the Kanto region, including Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. To estimate the ecological impacts of this frog, we investigated the food habits of invasive populations. We collected 119 individuals of F. kawamurai. Of these, 108 (90.8%) had stomach contents that included various small animals. Therefore, this invasive frog might influence the ecosystem via predation pressure on small native animals.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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