Body size, diet and endoparasites of the microhylid frog Chiasmocleis capixaba in an Atlantic Forest area of southern Bahia state, Brazil
| Autor: | M. Van Sluys, G. M. Schittini, R. V. Marra, A. R. M. Azevedo, J. J. Vicente, D. Vrcibradic |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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| Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol 66, Iss 1a, Pp 107-173 |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-4375 1519-6984 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S1519-69842006000100021 |
| Popis: | We analyzed the diet composition, endoparasites and sexual size dimorphism of the microhylid frog Chiasmocleis capixaba (Microhylidae) from a "mussununga" habitat in the municipality of Nova Viçosa, southern Bahia state, Brazil. All the 119 specimens analyzed were collected in a single night of heavy rainfall. Females (mean snout-vent length = 15.7 + 3.0 mm) were significantly larger than males (mean snout-vent length = 13.2 + 2.1 mm), and specimens of both sexes were smaller than those of a conspecific population previously reported in Aracruz, state of Espírito Santo state. The diet of C. capixaba was dominated by mites, ants and collembolans. Seventy-nine frogs (66.4% of the total) were infected by helminths, all belonging to a single species, Cosmocerca ornata, an intestinal nematode parasite. |
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