Abstract
As many as 81 specimens of Rana cyarnophlyclis Schneider were collected from June, 1981 through May, 1982 from the Campus of University of Agriculture, Faisalabad and surrounding areas. An examination of their stomach contents revealed that this frog con-sumed animal matter, plant matter and small amount of non-living matter. Among the animal matter, arthropods constituted the wain food item which were followed by snails. Among insects, beetles and ants were found as dominant item of the food of this frog. As a Omit matter., grasses constituted the significant food item. Mud was also consumed in great amount while some uni-dentified food matter was also present.
INTRODU CT I ON
The rags are the vertebrates belonging to class Amphibia (order-Anura). They are found near water bodies like the ponds, water channels, nullahs,strearn and rivers. They may sometimes move far away in search or food but they must always remain., at least, near damp sites. The frogs are generally considered useful. animals for they devour several harmful insects which damage our crops. As such, a definite knowledge about their food habits would lon necessary to assess their agricultural importance. Extensive studies have been conducted on the food habits of frogs belon-ging to temperate regions of the world (Tyler,. 1958; Menzies, 1962; Stewart and Sandison, 1972; Clark, 1975; Blaekith and Speight, 1974) but comparatively less work is available on the frogs of tropical countries, though, in India, Pra.kash (1953), Benerii (1954) and Mohanty and Acha.ry.a 0982) have made good contri-butions to our knowledge about the food habits of frog. In Pakistan relatively much less attention has been paid to the study of food habits of local frog species. Of the six frog species found in our country, the food habits of only .R.Ina tigerina Daudin, have been studied by Khan (1973), based on frog collections from a small area near Rabwah (District bang). Since Rana cyanophlyclis Schneider is
