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THE FOOD OF A SAMPLE OF CROCODILES ( CROCODILUS NILOTICUS L.) FROM LAKE VICTORIA
Author(s) -
CORBET PHILIP S.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1960.tb05579.x
Subject(s) - fishery , abundance (ecology) , geography , crocodile , biology , ecology
SUMMARY1 The stomach‐contents of sixty‐seven crocodiles from Napoleon Gulf, Lake Victoria, and two from elsewhere in Uganda have been examined. The lengths of all crocodiles were recorded. 2 In recording the results, consideration has been given to the size and abundance of food items, as well as to the frequency of their occurrence. A detailed list of stomach‐contents is given, and also brief notes on some of the food organisms. 3 These data confirm previous observations on the food of crocodiles in Uganda in so far as they demonstrate a change in diet with size. In the present series, insects provided the most important food of crocodiles less than 1 metre long, but larger individuals fed to a progressively greater extent on fishes and other vertebrates.