Primer registro de depredación de un adulto de Calyptocephalella gayi (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) (Anura, Calyptocephalellidae) por Ardea cocoi Linnaeus, 1766 (Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae)

Felipe Durán; Giovanni Peralta; Claudio Correa

doi:10.4067/S0717-65382021000200153

Vol. 85 No. 2 (2021), Short Communications

Vol. 85 No. 2 (2021)

First record of predation on an adult of Calyptocephalella gayi (Dúmeril & Bibron, 1841) (Anura, Calyptocephalellidae) by Ardea cocoi Linnaeus, 1766 (Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae)

Short Communications

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-65382021000200153

Published 2021-12-31

Felipe Durán⁺⁻
Giovanni Peralta⁺⁻
Claudio Correa⁺⁻

Felipe Durán

Organización Ambiental Cauces, Lebu, Provincia de Arauco, Región del Biobío, Chile.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0672-8508

Giovanni Peralta

Organización Ambiental Cauces, Lebu, Provincia de Arauco, Región del Biobío, Chile.

Claudio Correa

Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2081-3565

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Keywords

Chilean giant frog
Cocoi heron
endemic amphibian
frog predators
urban wetland

Abstract

We report for the first time the predation of an adult Chilean frog (Calyptocephalella gayi) by the Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi), an event that was recorded in video. The observation was made in the summer of 2021 in a pond located in an area disturbed by livestock farming. This record adds to the scarce information about predation on Chilean frog, particularly on large adults, suggesting an important role of A. cocoi as a predator of aquatic amphibians in Chile.

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-65382021000200153

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