Diet composition of three syntopic, ecologically divergent frogs (<Euphlyctis>, <Minervarya>, <Polypedates>) from paddy fields of Kohima, Nagaland, India

Diet composition of three syntopic, ecologically divergent frogs (<Euphlyctis>, <Minervarya>, <Polypedates>) from paddy fields of Kohima, Nagaland, India

Monitoring indicator species like amphibians is crucial to assess habitat health. The diet of 129 anurans belonging to the three most abundant species found in the paddy fields of Kohima district in Nagaland, northeastern India—the aquatic Euphlyctis adolfi, the terrestrial Minervarya nepalensis and the arboreal Polypedates himalayensis—was studied. Results revealed 302 intact prey items belonging to 11 prey categories, gleaned through the stoma…