Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile). Diet
Herpetological Review
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Abstract
Reported prey items of Crocodylus acutus include insects, crustaceans, fish, and large reptiles (Medem 1981. Los Crocodylia de Sur America. Volumen I. Los Crocodylia de Colombia. Colciencias. Bogota, Colombia. 398 pp.; Platt et al. 2002. Herpetol. Rev. 33:202–203; Platt et al. 2013. J. Herpetol. 47:1–10; Balaguera-Reina et al. 2018. Ecosphere 9:e02393). Recently, new potential prey items such as Ligia spp. (isopod), Python molurus bivittatus (Burmese Python), and Arius felis (Hardhead catfish) have also been documented in Florida, USA (Farris et al. 2015. Herpetol. Rev. 46:85–86; Godfrey et al. 2021. Herpetol. Rev. 52:641–642; Godfrey et al. 2022. Herpetol. Rev. 53:315–316). However, to our knowledge the toxic Sphoeroides spengleri (Bandtail Pufferfish) has not been reported in the diet of C. acutus; herein we report on the possibly lethal effects of a C. acutus from consumption of a pufferfish in south Florida.
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Godfrey, S.T., Cherkiss, M., Beauchamp, J.S., Squires, M.A., Mazzotti, F., Hord, L., Billings, W., 2022, Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile). Diet: Herpetological Review, v. 53, no. 3, p. 493-494.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile). Diet |
| Series title | Herpetological Review |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 2022 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) |
| Contributing office(s) | Wetland and Aquatic Research Center |
| Description | 2 p. |
| First page | 493 |
| Last page | 494 |