Blattodea

Nicholson, Daniel J., Tapley, Benjamin, Jayson, Stephanie, Dale, James, Harding, Luke, Spencer, Jenny, Sulton, Machel, Durand, Stephen & Cunningham, Andrew A., 2017, Development of in-country live food production for amphibian conservation: The Mountain Chicken Frog (Leptodactylus fallax) on Dominica, West Indies, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 149) 11 (2), pp. 59-68 : 62

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13227140

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D88783-927F-FFAA-FF71-5A63FA8E76AB

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Blattodea
status

 

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Cockroaches are not known to be a natural prey item for L. fallax ( Brooks Jr 1982) . They were, however, selected for culture due to their durability, high fecundity, large size, suitability to wide scale propagation and because they are readily consumed by captive L. fallax in Europe (B. Tapley, pers. obs.). It is not known if B. discoidalis ( Fig. 2D View Fig ) is native to Dominica, but it is native to Central America and distributed across the West Indies ( Cockroach Species File 2016). The founding stock was collected from a chicken shed on the island.

Housing: Cockroaches were housed in large plastic dustbins (51 × 69 cm) with an open top covered with mesh lining to prevent escape ( Fig. 3A View Fig ). The bins were 1/3 filled with a sphagnum peat moss substrate to facilitate burrowing and cardboard boxes were added as refugia ( Fig. 3C View Fig ). Once per month, the containers were cleaned and the substrate was replaced.

Feeding: Cockroach colonies were fed potatoes (1 cm cubed, approx.), citrus fruits (quartered) and dry dog food (Seminole Feed ® Premium Performance Dog Food) ad lib, with fresh food provided three times per week.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

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