Cannibalism in Cuba

First Direct Observations of Cuban Treefrogs (Osteopilus septentrionalis, Hylidae) Feeding on Conspecifics in their Native Habitat, with a Brief Review of Anurophagy and Cannibalism in Treefrogs

Authors

  • Hinrich Kaiser Department of Biology, Victor Valley College, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • McKenna C. Chamberlain Department of Biology, Victor Valley College
  • Tessa Edwards Department of Biology, Victor Valley College
  • Justin Nuñez Department of Biology, Victor Valley College
  • Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera Jardín Botánico de Cienfuegos
  • Javier Torres Departamento de Biología Animal y Humana, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de la Habana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v23i1.14089

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Published

2016-04-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2016): Reptiles & Amphibians

Section

Short Notes

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Copyright is held by the authors. Articles in R&A are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.

How to Cite

Kaiser, H., Chamberlain, M. C., Edwards, T., Nuñez, J., Rodríguez-Cabrera, T. M., & Torres, J. (2016). Cannibalism in Cuba: First Direct Observations of Cuban Treefrogs (Osteopilus septentrionalis, Hylidae) Feeding on Conspecifics in their Native Habitat, with a Brief Review of Anurophagy and Cannibalism in Treefrogs. Reptiles & Amphibians, 23(1), 21-27. https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v23i1.14089