%0 Journal Article
%T Preferred Feeding Sites and Prey of the Adult Gold-spotted Pond Frog, Rana plancyi chosenica
%A Eom
%A Junho1
%A Jung-Hyun Lee2
%A Nam-Yong Ra2
%A Daesik Park1*
%J Journal of Ecology and Field Biology
%D 2007
%I 
%X To determine the feeding sites preferred by adult gold-spotted pond frogs, Rana plancyi chosenica,and the foods that induce favorable growth of the frogs in the laboratory, we conducted two separate experimentsbetween 27 May and 12 July 2007 in a vivarium. In the first experiment, we counted the number of cricketseaten by four gold-spotted pond frogs in a 60 min period at four different feeding sites within the experimentalarenas: on the water surface, at the edge of a pond, and at two terrestrial sites. Adult gold-spotted pond frogsate more crickets on the water surface and at the edge of the pond than the terrestrial sites. In the secondexperiment, we measured the growth of SVL (snout-vent length) and body mass of adult gold-spotted pond frogsfed crickets, mealworms, maggots, or earthworms in individual experimental boxes over a one month period. TheSVL and body mass of the adult gold-spotted pond frogs fed crickets, mealworms, or maggots were greater thanthose of the frogs that were fed earthworms. These results indicate that providing crickets, mealworms, ormaggots on the water or at the edge of a pond should induce favorable growth of captive-reared adult goldspottedpond frogs.
%K Feeding ecology
%K Gold-spotted pond frog
%K Rana plancyi chosenica
%K Vivarium
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