Vertebrate Carrion in Land Snail Diets: First Observation of Amphibian (Plethodontid Salamander) Consumption by a Terrestrial Snail in Southern Appalachia
| Autor: | Jeremy D. Pustilnik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
Amphibian biology Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Land snail Snail biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Desmognathus aeneus biology.animal Cepaea Salamander Carrion Grove snail Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Southeastern Naturalist. 19 |
| ISSN: | 1528-7092 |
| Popis: | The diet of land snails that are detritivores usually consists of decaying plant material and fungi. Animal carrion is also consumed, and is usually composed of invertebrates like earthworms and other snails. However, while working at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in southwestern North Carolina in 2017, I observed a land snail (most likely Cepaea nemoralis [Grove Snail]) feeding on the carcass of a Desmognathus aeneus (Seepage Salamander), a vertebrate. This is the first report of a land snail feeding on an amphibian carcass in the United States. The Erratum for this article can be found in Southeastern Naturalist 19(3). |
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