Table 2. Frequency of occurrence of food items in fecal samples of Platysternon megacephalum.
Diet item | Wet season | Dry season | All | |||||||
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J | F | M | J | F | M | J | F | M | ||
Plant | Fruit | 66.7 | 68.0 | 75.0 | 50.0 | 80.0 | 85.7 | 62.5 | 70.0 | 78.3 |
Other plant matter | 50.0 | 40.0 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 40.0 | 42.9 | 50.0 | 40.0 | 39.1 | |
Animal | Mammal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 |
Bird | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | |
Frog | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | |
Lizard | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | |
Crab | 0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 60.0 | 28.6 | 0 | 30.0 | 26.1 | |
Fish | 0 | 4.0 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 8.7 | |
Mollusk | 16.7 | 20.0 | 18.8 | 50.0 | 40.0 | 42.9 | 25.0 | 23.3 | 26.1 | |
Insect | 66.7 | 68.0 | 62.5 | 0 | 40.0 | 0 | 50.0 | 73.3 | 43.5 | |
Unidentified matter | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 3.3 | 0 | |
Sample size | 6 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 23 | |
Shannon index | 1.26 | 1.86 | 2.12 | 1.04 | 1.58 | 1.49 | 1.33 | 1.88 | 2.11 | |
Evenness index | 0.55 | 0.81 | 0.92 | 0.45 | 0.69 | 0.65 | 0.58 | 0.82 | 0.92 |