Diet and feeding behaviour of the leaf-litter frog Ischnocnema henselii (Anura: Brachycephalidae) in Araucaria rain forests on the Serra Geral of Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilFootnote†

†This article is dedicated to the memory of the late Marcos Di-Bernardo.

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