Predation on juveniles of the invasive American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus (Anura, Ranidae) by native frog and snake species in South-eastern Brazil

Abstract

Herein we report two occurrences of predation on juveniles of the invasive Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus, by native anuran and reptile predators in southeast Brazil. The first predator was the frog Leptodactylus ocellatus, and the second one was the water snake Liophis miliaris, both common species known to feed on anurans. These are the first records of predation on this invasive species in Brazil.