Article
Food niche overlap between two sympatric leaf-litter frog species from Central Amazonia
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SABAGH, Leandro Talione; MELLO, Renata da Silva; ROCHA, Carlos Frederico Duarte. Food niche overlap between two sympatric leaf-litter frog species from Central Amazonia. Zoologia (Curitiba), v.29, n.1, p. 95-98, 2012.
1984-4670
10.1590/S1984-46702012000100013
Autor
Sabagh, Leandro Talione
Mello, Renata da Silva
Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte
Resumen
We studied the feeding habits and similarities in the diet of two sympatric and syntopic Amazonian frog species, Anomaloglossus stepheni (Aromobatidae) and Leptodactylus andreae (Leptodactylidae) in a forested area in Central Amazonia. The breadth of the trophic niche of these species was 5.89 and 3.75, respectively, and approximately 85% of their diets were similar. Ants were main food item in the diets of both frog species. The coexistence between these frog species may be facilitated by the significant differences in the size of their mouths. This difference allows them to consume preys items of different sizes.