Feeding habits of the Robber Frog Pristimantis paulodutrai (Bokermann, 1975) in northeastern Brazil

Abstract: Studying feeding habits is crucial to understand complex predator-prey interactions. Even though anurans play a fundamental role in the control of arthropods populations, diet several Neotropical species poorly known. We describe frequency and occurrence prey items their dry mass stomach contents Robber Frog Pristimantis paulodutrai north east state Bahia, Brazil. Based on 30 individuals, Araneae, Isopoda, Formicidae were found be most important food items. The generalist this frog, which seems phylogenetically conserved among Pristimantis, likely linked its ecological dominance habitats surveyed. Our study corroborates high trophic relevance Frogs tropical forests as predators.