“…Rhinella diptycha (Cope, 1862) is a large species (~ 171 mm, Stevaux, 2002), widely distributed in Brazil (Frost, 2023). It has a generalist and opportunistic diet, feeding on a wide variety of items, including fruits and congener species, because it also practices anurophagy and cannibalism (da Silva et al, 2010;Fonseca et al, 2018;Severgnini et al, 2020;Benício, 2021;Costa & Brito, 2022). In northeastern Brazil, it is one of the amphibian species with the highest number of associated parasites (Benício et al, 2022), including blood parasites (Úngari et al, 2022).…”