%0 Journal Article
%T Body size, diet and endoparasites of the microhylid frog Chiasmocleis capixaba in an Atlantic Forest area of southern Bahia state, Brazil
%A Van Sluys
%A M.
%A Schittini
%A G. M.
%A Marra
%A R. V.
%A Azevedo
%A A. R. M.
%A Vicente
%A J. J.
%A Vrcibradic
%A D.
%J Brazilian Journal of Biology
%D 2006
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1519-69842006000100021
%X we analyzed the diet composition, endoparasites and sexual size dimorphism of the microhylid frog chiasmocleis capixaba (microhylidae) from a "mussununga" habitat in the municipality of nova vi£¿osa, southern bahia state, brazil. all the 119 specimens analyzed were collected in a single night of heavy rainfall. females (mean snout-vent length = 15.7 + 3.0 mm) were significantly larger than males (mean snout-vent length = 13.2 + 2.1 mm), and specimens of both sexes were smaller than those of a conspecific population previously reported in aracruz, state of esp¨ªrito santo state. the diet of c. capixaba was dominated by mites, ants and collembolans. seventy-nine frogs (66.4% of the total) were infected by helminths, all belonging to a single species, cosmocerca ornata, an intestinal nematode parasite.
%K chiasmocleis capixaba
%K diet
%K sexual size dimorphism
%K parasites
%K atlantic rainforest.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1519-69842006000100021&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en