Predation of eggs of Corythomantis greeningi Boulenger, 1896 (Anura, Hylidae) by Solenopsis invicta Buren (Formicidae: Myrmidinae)

Abstract

This work is documented through an occasional event of predation of eggs of the frog Corythomantis greeningi by ants of the species Solenopsis invicta at the edge of a temporary brook on 29 March 2009, in the town of Olho d’Água, municipality of Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde, Pernambuco.

Keywords

• ant
• eggs of anuran
• Northeast
• predation