The Biotic Associations of CockroachesRoth, Louis M. (Louis Marcus)
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The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches
Roth, Louis M. (Louis Marcus)
Cockroaches; Insects -- Ecology
_Natural prey._--_Ischnoptera deropeltiformis_, _Periplaneta americana_,
and undetermined cockroaches, U.S.A., Georgia (Haber, 1926): Cockroaches
were found in 11 of 100 stomachs.
Family RANIDAE
=Arthroleptis variabilis= Matschie
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): Of 52
specimens examined, the stomach contents of 17 contained food, including
3 cockroaches.
=Hyperolius picturatus= Peters
_Natural prey._--Cockroach, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): The stomachs of
12 of 56 specimens examined contained food, including one cockroach.
=Leptodactylus albilabris= (Günther)
_Natural prey._--Cockroach, Puerto Rico (Schmidt, 1920): One of 25
stomachs contained a medium-sized cockroach.
=Leptodactylus pentadactylus= (Laurenti)
_Common name._--"Smoky jungle frog" or "pepper frog."
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Nicaragua (Noble, 1918): Cockroach wings
were found in the stomach of a frog caught around human habitation.
Brazil (Valente, 1949).
=Leptopelis calcaratus= (Boulenger)
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): The stomachs
of 35 specimens were examined of which 13 contained food, including 2
cockroaches.
=Leptopelis rufus= Reichenow
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): Forty-five of
83 stomachs examined contained food, including 2 cockroaches.
=Megalixalus fornasinii= (Bianconi)
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): The stomachs
of 3 of 40 specimens contained food, including 2 cockroaches.
=Rana catesbeiana= Shaw
_Common name._--Bullfrog.
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Puerto Rico (Derez, 1949).
=Rana mascareniensis= Duméril and Bibron
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Belgian Congo (Noble, 1924): The stomach
contents of 138 specimens were examined, 39 of which contained food,
including 2 cockroaches.
=Rana pipiens= Schreber
_Common name._--Leopard frog.
_Experimental prey._--_Periplaneta americana_, U.S.A. (Moore, 1946):
Cockroaches containing infective acanthellas of _Moniliformis dubius_
were fed to two frogs.
_Neostylopyga rhombifolia_, U.S.A. (Dr. T. Eisner, personal
communication, 1958.)
=Frogs=
_Natural prey._--_Blatta orientalis_, U.S.A. (Rau, 1924): Frogs which
escaped from a tank in the cellar consumed quantities of this cockroach.
_Parcoblatta pensylvanica_, U.S.A. (Frost, 1924): One adult specimen
recovered from alimentary canal of a frog, probably _Rana_ sp.
=Unidentified batrachians=
_Experimental prey._--_Blattella germanica_, Germany, Frankfurt am Main,
Zoological Garden (Lederer, 1952): These insects were preferred by all
the insect eaters in the zoo.
_Periplaneta americana_, Germany, Frankfurt am Main, Zoological Garden
(Lederer, 1952): Newly molted individuals were accepted as food, but
others were usually passed by or consumed unwillingly.
Class REPTILIA[10]
Order CHELONIA
Family EMYDIDAE
=Chrysemys picta= (Schneider)
_Common name._--Painted turtle.
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