Feeding Biology in Bufo viridis (Anura: Bufonidae) Populations of the Vicinity of İzmir

Authors

SEMA YİYİT
MURAT TOSUNOĞLU
HÜSEYİN ARIKAN

DOI

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Abstract

In this study, the feeding biology is being examined on 80 Bufo viridis specimens (30 males, 50 females) which were all collected from 6 localities of the vicinity of İzmir. In accordance with the stomach content analysis it was fully determined that the species is predominantly nourished in a insectivorous way (92, 20%) and also Oligochaeta, Crustacea, Arachnida, Gastropoda, Diplopoda, Chilopoda and Amphibia take place in its nutrition types. Throught out the insects, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Dermaptera, Homoptera, Plecoptera, Blattaria and Embioptera; from Oligochaeta Lumbriculida; from Crustacea Isopoda; from Arachnida Araneae and Opiliones; from Gastropoda Stylommatophora; from Diplopoda Julida; from Chilopoda Lithobiida and Scolopendrida and also from Amphibia only Anur genus were being determined.

Keywords

Bufo viridis, Amphibia, Feeding Biology

First Page

279

Last Page

288

Recommended Citation

YİYİT, SEMA; TOSUNOĞLU, MURAT; and ARIKAN, HÜSEYİN (1999) "Feeding Biology in Bufo viridis (Anura: Bufonidae) Populations of the Vicinity of İzmir," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 23: No. 5, Article 26. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol23/iss5/26