Feeding habits of Enyalius perditus (Squamata: Leiosauridae) in an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil

Authors

  • Thiago Maia-Carneiro Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Ecologia
  • Tatiana Motta-Tavares Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Ecologia
  • Davor Vrcibradic Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Zoologia
  • Mara C. Kiefer Universidade Federal Fluminense. Instituto de Biologia. Departamento de Biologia Geral
  • Thiago A. Dorigo Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Ecologia
  • Carlos F. D. Rocha Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Ecologia
  • Monique Van Sluys Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Ecologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v15i1p21-27

Keywords:

diet, leaf litter, lizard, microhabitat use, perch height

Abstract

Feeding habits of Enyalius perditus (Squamata: Leiosauridae) in an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil. In the present study, we aimed to provide information regarding feeding habits and other ecological aspects of Enyalius perditus in an Atlantic Forest remnant in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Enyalius perditus individuals in Rio de Janeiro fed predominantly upon arthropods such as caterpillars, isopods, and spiders, as is typical of lizards in the genus. There were no pronounced variations in the main types of prey consumed between this and other populations of E. perditus studied in spite of potential differences in local food supplies between environments. The individuals consumed fragments of dead leaves, ingested prey commonly found in leaf litter (e.g., Isopoda and Coleoptera larvae), and were sometimes

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Published

2016-07-01

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Articles

License

All material originally published in Phyllomedusa belongs to Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - Universidade de São Paulo. All contents are under a license of Creative Commons BY-NC-ND.

How to Cite

Maia-Carneiro, T., Motta-Tavares, T., Vrcibradic, D., Kiefer, M. C., Dorigo, T. A., Rocha, C. F. D., & Sluys, M. V. (2016). Feeding habits of Enyalius perditus (Squamata: Leiosauridae) in an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil. Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 15(1), 21-27. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v15i1p21-27