NATURAL DIET OF AMNIRANA ALBOLABRIS (HALLOWELL, 1856), A FROG SPECIE FROM BANCO NATIONAL PARK (COTE DIVOIRE)

We have established the natural diet of Amnirana albolabris from the Banco National Park (Cote dIvoire), through this study. Firstly, a general analysis of prey composition in the stomach of 238 specimens (obtained by the force-feeding technique) has been done, and secondly, according to the age, sex of specimens, climatic seasons, and sampling sites. Nine categories of prey (Insects, Arachnids, Annelids, Molluscs, Myriapods, Crustaceans, animal debris, macrophytes, and undetermined prey) have been identified in the diet of this species of frog. Adults diet is statistically different from juvenile one. However, males and females consume the same foods. In terms of the climatic seasons, the foods consumed during the long rainy season differ from those during the short dry season. Similarly, the foods eaten during the major dry season differ from those consumed by this frog during the minor dry season. At the spatial level, the diet of this species does not differ significantly from one habitat to another. The diet composition of Amnirana albolabris revealed that this frog species has an omnivorous diet with an insectivorous tendency in Banco National Park.