Predator-prey interactions are fundamental to understand how energy flows in trophic food
webs. Frogs play a central role in Neotropical food webs, as they are prey and predators for …

The first records in the literature compiled on the parasitic fauna of amphibians in
Northeastern Brazil date back to the 1990s. Since then, several new studies have been …

The present study aimed to describe the infective larval stage of Physaloptera sp.
parasitizing Leptodactylus macrosternum and the microscopic lesions of these larvae in the …

Because of their host's energetic exhaustion, parasites are among the first species to be
influenced by environmental changes. The change in habitats caused by human activities …

Accepted: 08. July 2020/Available online: 15. August 2020/Printed: June 2021 Abstract.
Amphibians control the population size of various invertebrate species and are food sources …

Las especies relacionadas filogenéticamente a menudo presentan similares en caracteres
morfolociales y ecológicos, lo que puede llevarlos a competir cuando cuando ocurren en …

State, northeastern Brazil (ca. 6.7833 S, 39.5332 W), apparently the victim of an accident.
The specimen was collected and taken to the Laboratory of Zoology at the Regional …

On 27 March 2011, 20 specimens of Leptodactylus macrosternum were collected in the
municipality of Aiuaba at the Ecological Station of Aiuaba, state of Ceará, Brazil. Of the 20 …

This study evaluates the potential of fauna attractiveness according to brushwood
transposition in an abandoned mining area under restoration in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil …

Results We collected 87 individuals (36 adults and 51 juveniles), with the 36 adults showing
SVL of 17.56–46.85 mm (33.77±6.53 mm) and weighting 0.5–11.00 g (4.23±2.55 g), while …