Ecology Summary - Rhinella marina

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Ecology Summary - Rhinella marina

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Ecology of Rhinella marina

Main Ref.	Sasa, M., G.A. Chaves and L.D. Patrick, 2009
Remarks	This is an omnivorous species. Its diet is composed of insects like beetles, ants, and earwigs, vegetation, small birds, other amphibians like toads, frogs, lizards, small mammals and snakes (Ref. 86255).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Rhinella marina may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand;
Substrate Ref.	Sasa, M., G.A. Chaves and L.D. Patrick, 2009
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Brandt, L.A. and F.J. Mazzotti, 2009
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Brandt, L.A. and F.J. Mazzotti, 2009

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	3.64	0.46			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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