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A - Young Thamnodynastes hypoconia (COPE , 1860) (ZuFMS 2477; snout-vent-length 191 mm) devouring a small adult Scinax fuscomarginatus (LuTZ , 1925) (ZuFMS 5626; SVL 22.9 mm); B - Stomach opened to identify the ingested anuran species. ronments ( SAWAYA et al. 2008; ARAuJO et al. DORIGO et al. 2014) . The present note is the 2010). Its diet includes anurans, fishes and first that reports a predation event by T. lizards ( MARquES et al. 2001; SAWAYA et al. hypoconia upon an individual of S. fusco - 2008; ARAuJO et al. 2010; MAFFEI et al. marginatus . 2011; MOYA & M AFFEI 2012). It is a preda - On May 15, 2017, at 20:40 h, during tor to several species of hylid frogs (see herpetological field work in the Reserva All_Short_Notes:SHORT_NOTE.qxd 02.09.2018 11:51 Seite 30 112 SHORT NOTE HERPETOZOA 31 (1/2) Wien, 30. 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