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FIRST DOCUMENTED RECORD OF AMPHIBIAN PREDATION BY Tropidophis boulengeri (TROPIDOPHIIDAE) IN THE WILD

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We report the first documented case of the Northern Eyelash Boa (Tropidophis boulengeri) predating on an amphibian (Craugastor longirostris) in the wild in Canandé Reserve, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador. This new record was obtained in a tropical humid forest, contributing new information about the species’ feeding ecology and providing evidence of amphibian predation in the wild.

Source: Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología

DOI: 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.2.1093

Authors: Jaime Culebras, Francesca N. Angiolani-Larrea

Institution: University of Bern

Language: English

Topic: Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung