Gastropoda, Cuvier, 1795

Nicholson, Daniel J., Tapley, Benjamin, Jayson, Stephanie, Dale, James, Harding, Luke, Spencer, Jenny, Sulton, Machel, Durand, Stephen & Cunningham, Andrew A., 2017, Development of in-country live food production for amphibian conservation: The Mountain Chicken Frog (Leptodactylus fallax) on Dominica, West Indies, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 149) 11 (2), pp. 59-68 : 64

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13227140

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88783-9279-FFAC-FCEB-5C94FB3D7022

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Felipe

scientific name

Gastropoda
status

 

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Culture attempts, while successful for both species, yielded low numbers (<10 per week) and were labor intensive: the enclosures required a disproportionate amount of cleaning and maintenance for the yield. Continuous cultures of gastropods were, therefore, stopped after approximately three years. Cultures of both gastropod species are, however, re-established during the breeding season to supplement the diet as they are readily consumed by the captive frogs.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

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