Predation on Scinax x-signatus (Anura: Hylidae) by the giant water bug Lethocerus annulipes (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) in a Brazilian Restinga habitat

Herpetology Notes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-54

  Figueiredo de Andrade, Caio A ^a   Santana, Diego J ^b   de Carvalho e Silva, Sergio Potsch ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Brazilian restinga habitat; Lethocerus annulipes; Predation; Scinax x signatus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BELOSTOMATIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYLIDAE; LETHOCERUS ANNULIPES; SCINAX;

EID: 77953085738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20715773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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