We report temporal variation and an “outbreak” of frog predation by moustached tamarins, Saguinus mystax, in north-eastern Peruvian Amazonia. Frog predation rates were generally very low, but strongly increased in October 2015. Other high rates, identified by outlier analyses, were also observed in September–November of other years. Over all study years, predation rates in this 3-month period were significantly higher than those in the remainder of the year, suggesting a seasonal pattern of frog predation by tamarins. Reduced fruit availability or increased frog abundance or a combination of both may be responsible for both the seasonal pattern and the specific “outbreak” of frog predation.
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Lüffe, T. M., Tirado Herrera, E. R., Nadjafzadeh, M., Berles, P., Smith, A. C., Knogge, C., & Heymann, E. W. (2018). Seasonal variation and an “outbreak” of frog predation by tamarins. Primates, 59(6), 549–552. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-018-0688-1
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