Predation of the hylid frog Bokermannohyla alvarengai (Bokermann, 1956) by the colubrid snake Chironius flavolineatus (Jan, 1863) in a montane rocky grassland

Abstract

We reported the predation record of the hylid frog Bokermannohyla alvarengai by the colubrid snake Chironius flavolineatus in a montane rocky grassland in Santana do Riacho municipality, Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil. Our findings contribute to the biological knowledge of B. alvarengai through identification of one of its natural predators, and of C. flavolineatus by adding an anuran species to its diet, data not previously available in the scientific literature.