Vol. 2 No. 3 (2010), SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2010)

First record of a canid Atelocynus microtis predating on a caecilian amphibian

SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES
Published 2010-12-08
Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Diego Mosquera
Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini
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Keywords

Canidae
Caeciilidae
predation
Amazonia
Ecuador

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Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., & Mosquera, D. (2010). First record of a canid Atelocynus microtis predating on a caecilian amphibian. ACI Avances En Ciencias E Ingenierías, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v2i3.38
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Abstract

The natural history and ecology of Neotropical forest-canids and caecilian amphibians are little documented, both for their natural rarity and secretive habitats. Herein we report the Short-eared Dog Atelocynus microtispredating on the caecilian amphibian Caecilia tentaculata. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first predation event of a canid on a caecilian.

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