Aquatic feeding in pipid frogs: The use of suction for prey capture

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2001-2008

  Carroño, Carrie A ^a,b   Nishikawa, Kiisa C ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran; Kinematics; Pipidae; Pressure; Prey capture; Suction feeding

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PRESSURE; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PIPIDAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PRESSURE; WATER;

ANURA; HYMENOCHIRUS BOETTGERI; PIPA PIPA; PIPIDAE; PSEUDHYMENOCHIRUS MERLINI; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77953051111     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.043380     Document Type: Article

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