Resumo
Phrynops geofroanus is a carnivorous side-necked turtle. Its feeding behavior is divided in foraging, approach, capture, dilaceration and ingestion, but not necessary all these phases happen. Location of food seems to be visual and recognition olfactory. When food is an agile prey approach is done by pursuing and there is no olfactory recognition.
Observações sobre os hábitos e o comportamento alimentar de Phrynops geoffroanus (Schweigger, 1812) em cativeiro (Reptilia, Testudines, Chelidae)1
Flavio de Barros Molina
Setor de Répteis da Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo, Caixa Postal: 12954, CEP: 04092, São Paulo, SP. Brasil
ABSTRACT
Phrynops geofroanus is a carnivorous side-necked turtle. Its feeding behavior is divided in foraging, approach, capture, dilaceration and ingestion, but not necessary all these phases happen. Location of food seems to be visual and recognition olfactory. When food is an agile prey approach is done by pursuing and there is no olfactory recognition.
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AGRADECIMENTOS
À Dra. Norma Gomes (MZUSP) pela orientação da tese, aos Drs. Sérgio de Almeida Rodrigues, Miguel Trafaut Rodrigues e Ana Maria de Souza Oliveira (DZUSP) e ao meu Irmão Rui de Barros Molina pela leitura crítica da mesma, aos meus pais e irmãos pelo encorajamento, aos colegas do Setor de Répteis do Zoológico de São Paulo pela colaboração, a Frederick José Pallinger pelos desenhos e a Maria Esteia Frige pela datilografia do manuscrito.
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