PREDATION OF BOANA PUNCTATA (HYLIDAE) BY LEPTODEIRA APPROXIMANS (COLUBRIDAE) IN MANU BIOSPHERE RESERVE IN PERU

Urbina-Valle S.A.; Echevarria-Macassi L.A.; Achahuanco-Sallo E.; Oakley J.L. · Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetologia (2025) · DOI: 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.3.1320

Resumen

We report the first record of Leptodeira approximans preying on Boana punctata, based on an observation in the Manu Biosphere Reserve. With this new record, we provide new information about the natural history and trophic ecology of both species.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco; Universidad Nacional de Piura; Universidad Continental