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Table 3. Composition of stomach contents of 14 adult Rana sylvatica collected 

 in Alabama. 



Food items Percent of stomachs 



containing item 



Arachnida 



Tetragnathidae 43 



Insecta 

 Homoptera 



Membracidae 7 



Orthoptera 



Blattellidae 7 



Gryllacrididae 29 



Plecoptera 7 



Coleoptera* 



Elateridae 14 



Carabidae 7 



Staphylinidae 14 



Scarabaeidae 7 



Annelida 



Lumbridae 21 



Mollusca 

 Gastropoda 21 



* Several beetles were not identifiable. 



submitted by Davis to the Department of Zoology-Entomology, Auburn 

 University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. 

 degree. 



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