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عنوان	Food Composition of a Breeding Population of the Green Toad, Bufotes sitibundus (Pallas, 1771) (Anura: Bufonidae), from Iran
نوع پژوهش	مقاله چاپ‌شده
کلیدواژه‌ها	Anurans, foraging, preys, Arthropoda, terrestrial insects
چکیده	Anurans are capable of changing their activity time to enhance their foraging. The present study investigated the diet of the Bufotes sitibundus. The 85 toads examined in the present study had consumed a total of 2.189 preys from the three phyla, Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Annelida. Insects from the arthropods phylum constituted the primary food items consumed by the green toads at 94.97%. The Formicidae family was the most essential food item for the eastern green toads. The green toad prefers nocturnal hunting and terrestrial insects out of the water environment, and a direct relationship was observed between the size of toads and the number of food items they consumed. Statistical results indicated that male and female toads had no significant difference in terms of diet. The number of males in the reproductive habitat exceeded females by far, which implies sex-biased migration.
پژوهشگران	مهری حسین آباد (نفر دوم)، علیرضا پسرکلو (نفر اول)