Opportunistic Feeding Behaviour of Charpa Tree Frog <i>Polypedates occidentalis</i>

Arockianathan Samson; Jabamalainathan Leona Princy; Nizamudheen Moinudheen; R. Yeswanth Kumar; Albin Thomas

doi:10.17087/jbnhs/2024/v121/169047

, Miscellaneous Notes - Amphibians

Opportunistic Feeding Behaviour of Charpa Tree Frog Polypedates occidentalis

Miscellaneous Notes - Amphibians

Volume 121, May - August, 2024

https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2024/v121/169047

Published 2024-07-30

Arockianathan Samson⁺⁻
Jabamalainathan Leona Princy⁺⁻
Nizamudheen Moinudheen⁺⁻
R. Yeswanth Kumar⁺⁻
Albin Thomas⁺⁻

Arockianathan Samson

Vulture Conservation Programme, Bombay Natural History Society, Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Jabamalainathan Leona Princy

Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris 643 002, Tamil Nadu

Nizamudheen Moinudheen

Nilgiris Hills, Tamil Nadu 643 001

R. Yeswanth Kumar

Naturalist, Wayanad, Kerala

Albin Thomas

Naturalist, Wayanad, Kerala

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Figure. Indian tree frog Polypedates maculates swallowing another frog.

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Samson, A., Princy, J. L., Moinudheen, N., Kumar, R. Y., & Thomas, A. (2024). Opportunistic Feeding Behaviour of Charpa Tree Frog <i>Polypedates occidentalis</i>. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS), 121. https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2024/v121/169047

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Leona Princy, J., P. Kannan, P. Santhosh Kumar, S. Nisha, B. Ramakrishnan, A. Veeramani, A. Samson & S. Karthick (2015): Opportunistic feeding behaviour of Nilgiri frog (Zakerana nilgirica). Taprobanica 07(4): 262.

Silva, F.A.T.G., M.L.T. De’Oliveira, R. Marques & M.S. Tinoco (2013): Itapotihyla langsdorffii (Ocellated tree frog): Anuran predation attempt. Herpetological Bulletin 124: 29–30.

Supekar, P. & R. Kasambe (2020): Indian tree frog Polypedates maculatus capturing and swallowing a live gecko. Bionotes 22(3): 136–137.

Wells, K.D. (2007): The Ecology and Behaviour of Amphibians. The University of Chicago Press. 1,162 pp.

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