What is it about?
We describe here the diet of the microhylid frog Chiasmocleis leucosticta based on the stomach contents of 72 individuals (47 males and 25 females) collected in pitfall traps at the Atlantic Forest.
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Why is it important?
This is the first work identifying mites to the family level in the diet of a Microhylidae.
Perspectives
For the same reason discussed above for ants, microhylids seem to be unable to sequester alkaloids from their mite prey.
Dr Ricardo S Bovendorp
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC
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This page is a summary of: Diversity of ants and mites in the diet of the Brazilian frog Chiasmocleis leucosticta (Anura: Microhylidae), Biota Neotropica, August 2017, FapUNIFESP (SciELO),
DOI: 10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2017-0323.
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