Vladislav Vergilov
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7464-2263; Angel Dyugmedzhiev
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3765-7076; Sylvia Georgieva
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1203-6946; Miroslav Slavchev
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2426-8875
16 September 2021 ·
volume 43 · (
issue 2) · pp. 25–27 ·
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Abstract: Different amphibians and amphibian larvae were already observed and described as part of the diet of the European pond turtle. Few studies report body parts from adult newts in the stomach content of Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) or newts predated by the same pond turtle species. We observed remains of Triturus dobrogicus (Kiritzescu, 1903) and Trituris ivanbureschi Arntzen & Wielstra, 2013 eaten by E. orbicularis inside funnel traps, which strongly suggests, that newts are part of the diet, although not typical and often eaten food by this pond turtle.
Keywords: feeding, pond turtle, predation, protected area, traps, Triturus
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