First report of the leech Oxyptychus inexpectatus predating on Pleurodema somuncurense and Rhinella arenarum in the Somuncura plateau, Rio Negro, Argentina

dc.creatorVelasco, Melina Alicia
dc.creatorGullo, Bettina Sandra
dc.creatorKacoliris, Federico Pablo
dc.creatorKass, Camila Alejandra
dc.creatorCarrera, Joaquín D.
dc.date2016
dc.date2016-10-28T12:02:07Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/56193
dc.identifierhttp://ppct.caicyt.gov.ar/index.php/cuadherpetol/article/view/6334/7717
dc.identifierissn:1852-5768
dc.descriptionAmphibians are among the most threatened vertebrates worldwide, and Argentina is not free of this situation. Not only natural threats are affecting amphibians, there is also predation by leeches. In this note we report the first record of the leech Oxypthychus inexpectatus predating on the Valcheta frog, Pleurodema somuncurense and the common toad, Rhinella arenarum, at the Somuncura plateau, Río Negro Province. Records were gathered in December of 2014, in a sector of the Valcheta stream locally named “Rama Caliente”. For the reason that leeches can cause a negative effect on fragmented populations of endangered amphibians’ species, its impact should be considered, mostly in the case of the endangered P. somuncurense. Therefore, future studies should be focused on understanding the synergy between this threat and others of unnatural origin like the presence of cattle and trout in the area.
dc.descriptionAsociación Herpetológica Argentina (AHA)
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dc.format17-19
dc.languagees
dc.relationCuadernos de Herpetología
dc.relationvol. 30, no. 1
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
dc.subjectCiencias Naturales
dc.subjectZoología
dc.titlePrimer registro de la sanguijuela <i>Oxyptychus inexpectatus</i> depredando sobre <i>Pleurodema somuncurense</i> y <i>Rhinella arenarum</i> en la meseta de Somuncurá, Rio Negro, Argentina
dc.titleFirst report of the leech Oxyptychus inexpectatus predating on Pleurodema somuncurense and Rhinella arenarum in the Somuncura plateau, Rio Negro, Argentina
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