Feeding habits of the american crocodile, crocodylus acutus (cuvier, 1807) (reptilia: crocodylidae) in the southern coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico
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| contents | Feeding habits of the american crocodile, crocodylus acutus (cuvier, 1807) (reptilia: crocodylidae) in the southern coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico Alejandro Villegas Juan Jacobo Schmitter Soto Biología Quintana Roo feeding habits stomach contents Crocodylus acutus Between January and September 2006, 21 crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) were captured and sixwere recaptured in four lagoons located in the southern coast of Quintana Roo. Stomach contents wereobtained in order to identify prey items, which were analyzed by the frequency and volume method. Indecreasing order of importance, prey items were fish, crustaceans, birds, mammals and insects. Diet ofcrocodiles changed considerably according to their body size. Adult crocodiles added larger preys (birdsand mammals) to their diet; fish and crustaceans were present in the diet at all sizes, thus showing theimportance of these prey in the diet of American crocodiles. 2008 artículo científico 0065-1737 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57524308 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=575 Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) application/pdf Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) (México) Num.3 Vol.24 |
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| spellingShingle | Feeding habits of the american crocodile, crocodylus acutus (cuvier, 1807) (reptilia: crocodylidae) in the southern coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico Alejandro Villegas Biología Quintana Roo feeding habits stomach contents Crocodylus acutus Feeding habits of the american crocodile, crocodylus acutus (cuvier, 1807) (reptilia: crocodylidae) in the southern coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico Alejandro Villegas Juan Jacobo Schmitter Soto Biología Quintana Roo feeding habits stomach contents Crocodylus acutus Between January and September 2006, 21 crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) were captured and sixwere recaptured in four lagoons located in the southern coast of Quintana Roo. Stomach contents wereobtained in order to identify prey items, which were analyzed by the frequency and volume method. Indecreasing order of importance, prey items were fish, crustaceans, birds, mammals and insects. Diet ofcrocodiles changed considerably according to their body size. Adult crocodiles added larger preys (birdsand mammals) to their diet; fish and crustaceans were present in the diet at all sizes, thus showing theimportance of these prey in the diet of American crocodiles. 2008 artículo científico 0065-1737 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57524308 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=575 Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) application/pdf Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) (México) Num.3 Vol.24 |
| title | Feeding habits of the american crocodile, crocodylus acutus (cuvier, 1807) (reptilia: crocodylidae) in the southern coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| topic | Biología Quintana Roo feeding habits stomach contents Crocodylus acutus |
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