Predation of anurans by spiders: four cases in Mexican tropical forests

Predation on Xenophrys zhangi (Anura: Megophridae) by Heteropoda sp. (Araneae: Sparassidae) in Nepal

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Anurans in post-metamorphic stages are highly vulnerable to predation, and many are preyed upon by invertebrates such as spiders and aquatic insects (Menin et al 2005, Toledo 2005, Luria-Manzano et al 2020). Zhang's Horned Frog, Xenophrys zhangi (Ye and Fei, 1992), is the smallest frog among three species in the genus Xenophrys found in Nepal and can be identified b a or s aped mar on its dorsum (Bhattarai et al 2020).

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