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._--_Periplaneta australasiae_, England (Lucas, 1916,
1920): The cockroach, apparently injured, fell into water in the
tortoise house, Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, and the terrapin ate
it.
Order SAURIA
Family GEKKONIDAE
=Gekko gecko= (Linnaeus)
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Philippine Islands, Laguna (Villadolid,
1934): The geckos frequent holes in trees and underside of bark which
are favorable haunts of cockroaches. Stomach contents mostly Blattidae
and "Locustidae."
=Hemidactylus frenatus= Duméril and Bibron
_Common name._--House lizard.
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Philippine Islands, Laguna (Villadolid,
1934): Bulk of stomach contents of 22 lizards consisted of Orthoptera,
mostly cockroaches.
=Sphaerodactylus= sp.
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, British Guiana (Beebe, 1925a): The above
lizard is found in houses.
=Thecadactylus= sp.
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, British Guiana (Beebe, 1925a): The above
lizard is found in houses.
=Undetermined geckos=
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Australia, Flinders River (Froggatt,
1906): The lizard lived in the walls of the hut and hunted cockroaches
upon the roof at night. Arno Atoll (Usinger and La Rivers, 1953).
Family IGUANIDAE
=Anolis carolinensis= Voigt
_Experimental prey._--_Diploptera punctata_, U.S.A. (Eisner, 1958).
=Anolis cristatellus= Duméril and Bibron
_Natural prey._--_Blattella_ sp., _Cariblatta delicatula_, _Epilampra
wheeleri_, _Periplaneta americana_, _Periplaneta australasiae_, and
_Symploce flagellata_, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1924): The last-named
cockroach may have been _S. ruficollis_ Rehn and Hebard, the females of
which are hard to distinguish from _flagellata_. Rehn and Hebard (1927)
stated that in all probability _flagellata_ does not occur on the island
of Puerto Rico. Wolcott (1950) stated that _Symploce ruficollis_
[= _bilabiata_] serves as food for the crested lizard.
Cockroaches, Puerto Rico (Schmidt, 1920): Of 100 stomachs examined, 16
contained Orthoptera, including cockroaches. Puerto Rico (Wolcott,
1924): One hundred _A. cristatellus_ had eaten 8 cockroaches, 4.14
percent of the total food, or 25 percent of the food for 8 lizards.
=Anolis pulchellus= Duméril and Bibron
_Natural prey._--Cockroaches, Puerto Rico (Wolcott, 1924): Two small
cockroaches found in 50 lizards examined.
=Anolis equestris= Merrem
_Experimental prey._--_Neostylopyga rhombifolia_, U.S.A. (Eisner,
personal communication, 1958.)
=Anolis grahami= Garman
_Natural prey._--_Periplaneta_ spp. and Blattidae, Bermuda (Simmonds,
1958): Stomachs of 176 lizards yielded 6 cockroaches.
=Anolis leachi= Duméril and Bibron
_Natural prey._--_Periplaneta_ spp. and Blattidae, Bermuda (Simmonds,
1958): Stomachs of 46 lizards yielded 31 cockroaches.
=Anolis sagrei= Cocteau
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