Rhinella_major_diet_eastern_Amazon

We studied the diet of Rhinella major from temporary lentic water bodies from an urban area in Amapá state, North Brazil. A total of 59 frogs were manually collected between January and May 2019 (rainy season) and analysed using a stomach flushing method. Of these, 42 stomachs revealed 1,236 prey items, of which 1,059 (85.7%) were ants and 177 (14.3%) were other taxa. Isoptera and Coleoptera were the most abundant non-ant taxa. We found a high diversity of ants in the diet (11 genera from five subfamilies), Myrmicinae being the most abundant and frequent ant subfamily, mostly represented by the genera Pheidole and Solenopsis.