Scavenging of a road-killed Green-striped Frog Cyclorana alboguttata by a Union Jack Wolf Spider Tasmanicosa sp. (Aranae: Lycosidae)
This note documents an account of a Union-Jack Wolf Spider Tasmanicosa sp. actively feeding upon a freshly road-killed Green-striped Frog Cyclorana alboguttata. This provides the first report of this genus scavenging on vertebrate prey.
Authors
- Michael McFadden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6811-8505)
- Jack M McFadden
Institutions
- Taronga Conservation Society Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biodiversity Observations
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15641/bo.1813
- Primary Topic
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00