Food habits of the Lycian Salamander, Lyciasalamandra fazilae (Basoglu and Atatur, 1974): Preliminary data on Dalyan population
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2007
Yazarlar: Kerim ÇİÇEK, Cemal Varol TOK, Ahmet MERMER, Murat TOSUNOĞLU, Dinçer AYAZ
NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2007, cilt 3, ss 1-8
Özet
We analyzed stomach contents of 21 (13 (3,3, 8 female female) adult Lycian salamanders, Lyciasalaniandra fazilae, inhabiting Go)kbel and iztuzu, south of Dalyan (Koycegiz, Mugla). Although various terrestrial invertebrates constitute the diet of the salamander, larvae and adult beetles (39.61%), centipedes (16.88%) are the most important food groups. Lyciasalaniandra fazilae is an active predator capable of changing its feeding regime in proportion to the species richness within its habitat.