Leptodactylus chaquensis (Anura, Leptodactylidae) as a predator of Pseudis platensis (Anura, Hylidae) in southern Brazil

Abstract

Frogs from the Family Leptodactylidae are among the most important opportunistic feeders on other anuran species. Here we report a case of predation of Pseudis platensis by the Cei's white-lipped frog Leptodactylus chaquensis in breeding habitat from agricultural landscape, southern Brazil.