Nguyen Vien Hong Thi, Pham Anh Van, Nguyen Truong Quang, Tran Tung Thanh, Ziegler Thomas, Pham Cuong The
Faculty of Resources and Environment, University of Sciences, Thai Nguyen University, Thai Nguyen, Vietnam Faculty of Resources and Environment, University of Sciences, Thai Nguyen University Thai Nguyen Vietnam.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Science, Vietnam National University Hanoi Vietnam.
Biodivers Data J. 2025 Apr 29;13:e154204. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e154204. eCollection 2025.
The Mau Son Spiny Frog was originally described from Mau Son Mountain, Lang Son Province in 2009 and subsequently recorded in Bac Giang and Quang Ninh Provinces of Vietnam. The species was listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List 2017 and as Endangered in the Vietnam Red Data Book 2024. However, knowledge about diet ecology of the species is virtually lacking.
Based on recent fieldwork in northern Vietnam, we herein report a new population of from Dong Son-Ky Thuong Nature Reserve in Quang Ninh Province. In addition, we provide data on the diet of , based on stomach content analyses of 38 individuals (10 males, 17 females, 11 subadults). A total of 27 prey categories containing 446 items were found in the stomachs of . The dominant prey items of the species were Blattodea, Coleoptera (Other Coleoptera), Orthoptera (Gryllidae), Decapoda and Hymenoptera (Formicidae). The most important (IRI) groups amongst the prey of Q.acanthophora were Blattidae (32.67%), followed by Gryllidae (9.11%), other Coleoptera (6.57%), Decapoda (5.72%) and Formicidae (5.61%).
芒宋棘蛙最初于2009年在谅山省芒宋山被描述，随后在越南的北江省和广宁省有记录。该物种在《世界自然保护联盟濒危物种红色名录》2017年中被列为易危物种，在《越南红色数据手册》2024年中被列为濒危物种。然而，关于该物种饮食生态学的知识几乎空白。
基于最近在越南北部的野外调查，我们在此报告了来自广宁省东松 - 基通自然保护区的一个新种群。此外，我们基于对38个个体（10只雄性、17只雌性、11只亚成体）的胃内容物分析，提供了芒宋棘蛙饮食的数据。在芒宋棘蛙的胃中总共发现了27类猎物，包含446个猎物个体。该物种的主要猎物项目为蜚蠊目、鞘翅目（其他鞘翅目）、直翅目（蟋蟀科）、十足目和膜翅目（蚁科）。在棘胸蛙的猎物中，最重要的（相对重要性指数）类群是蜚蠊科（32.67%），其次是蟋蟀科（9.11%）、其他鞘翅目（6.57%）、十足目（5.72%）和蚁科（5.61%）。
