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- Title
Exotic Invasive Pomacea maculata (Giant Apple Snail) Will Depredate Eggs of Frog and Toad Species of the Southeastern US.
- Authors
Carter, Jacoby; Johnson, Darren; Merino, Sergio
- Abstract
Pomacea maculata (Giant Apple Snail) is a freshwater snail from South America that is an invasive species on the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain. A sister species has been shown to prey on amphibian eggs in Asia. To test whether the Giant Apple Snail will prey on amphibian eggs, we presented eggs of Lithobates palustris (Pickerel Frog), Lithobates pipiens (Northern Leopard Frog), and Anaxyrus americanus (American Toad) to Giant Apple Snails in a laboratory experiment. Giant Apple Snails ate the eggs of all 3 species.
- Subjects
WILDLIFE depredation; FRESHWATER snails; AMPHIBIAN eggs; INTRODUCED species; PICKEREL frog; NORTHERN leopard frog; AMERICAN toad
- Publication
Southeastern Naturalist, 2018, Vol 17, Issue 3, p470
- ISSN
1528-7092
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1656/058.017.0313