title: Diet and nematode infection in Proceratoprhys boiei from two Atlantic rainforest remnants in Southeastern Brazil.
abstract: Proceratophrys boiei is an endemic cycloramphid anuran inhabiting the leaf litter of Atlantic rainforests in Southeastern Brazil. We analyzed the whole digestive tract of 38 individuals of Proceratophrys boiei collected in two Atlantic Rainforest areas in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to study the diet composition and the helminth fauna associated with this species. The main food items in P. boiei's diet were Coleoptera, Orthoptera and Blattaria. Five nematode species were found: Aplectana delirae, Cosmocerca parva, Oxyascaris oxyascaris, Physaloptera sp. (larval stage only) and an unidentified nematode. Overall prevalence was 71% and mean infection intensity was 7.3 ± 5.8 neatodes per individual.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. thaiskferreira@gmail.com
authors.forename: Thaís
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klaion
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Almeida-gomes
authors.forename: Luiz E R
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.forename: Carlos F D
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: Monique Van
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Sluys
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology; D001938:Brazil; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents; D009348:Nematoda / Q000145:classification*; D011156:Population Density; D014197:Trees