PREDATION OF THE ORIENTAL NARROW-MOUTHED FROG (Microhyla orientalis Matsui, Hamidy, and Eto, 2013) BY THE FRESHWATER CRAB (Parathelphusa convexa De Man, 1879) IN JAVA, INDONESIA
Keywords:
agro-wetlands, mesopredator, opportunistic behavior, Southeast Asia, trophic interactionsAbstract
We report the first documented observation of predation by the freshwater crab Parathelphusa
convexa on the Oriental narrow-mouthed frog Microhyla orientalis in Indonesia. The event occurred in
a rice field in Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, at night, providing direct evidence that P. convexa
can act as an opportunistic predator of small anurans inhabiting agricultural wetlands.
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