Article: Dietary composition of the Mexican spadefoot toad (Spea multiplicata) from a sand dune habitat in southwestern Coahuila, Mexico.

Abstract. -- Diet composition of the Mexican spadefoot toad has been poorly studied, especially in the southern part of this species' geographic range. This study reports the diet composition of a population inhabiting a sand dune system in southwestern Coahuila, Mexico. The stomach contents of 43 specimens revealed 24 items, 22 were arthropods and two were vegetal material. Numerically, ants comprized the greater percentage of the stomach contents (49.7%) followed by homopterans (16.7%) and hemipterans (12.8%). Volumetrically, beetles were the most important item (42.4%). There was a linear relationship between SVL and stomach volume, SVL and snout length, and snout ...

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