New item in the diet of Blacksmith Treefrog (Boana faber) tadpoles in an urban area of southeastern Brazil

Fig. 1), a medium-sized hylid that is nocturnally active in arboreal habitats and is frequently found in anthropic environments (Eterovick et al. 2020), occurs in eastern and southern Brazil, southeastern Paraguay, and Misiones, Argentina (Frost 2024).Reproduction of B. faber generally occurs between December and March and the benthic tadpoles are black upon hatching and and turn different shades of brown as they develop (Eterovick et al. 2020).On 23 February 2024, we observed tadpoles at stages 22 and 36 (Gosner 1960) identified as B. faber based on morphological characteristics described in Eterovick et al. (2020) and Pezzuti et al. (2021) feeding on floating aquatic macrophytes (Limnobium laevigatum [Hydrocharitaceae] and Lemna aequinoctialis and Spirodela sp.[Araceae]) in a 30-liter aquarium in an urban area of Ritápolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil (-21.0234,-44.3199) (Fig. 2).Boana faber is common in urban areas and it used the aquarium opportunistically for spawning.The tadpoles also fed on