SREL Reprint #3212

Gastrophyryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad). Predation

Thomas M. Luhring1,2 and Zachary D. Ross1,3

1Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Drawer E, Aiken, South Carolina 29802, USA
2University of Missouri, Division of Biological Sciences, 105 Tucker Hall, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
3New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Summary: Gastrophryne carolinensis are toxic to many predators, which will often refuse to eat them, and few firsthand accounts of G. carolinensis predation exist, possibly because of this toxicity . . . to our knowledge, this is the first confirmed firsthand observation of a Thamnophis s. sauritus depredating a G. carolinensis.

SREL Reprint #3212

Luhring, T. M. and Z. D. Ross. 2012. Gastrophyryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad). Predation. Herpetological Review 43(1): 118.

This information was provided by the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (srel.uga.edu).