%0 Journal Article %T Observation of predation of the giant fishing spider Ancylometes rufus (Walckenaer, 1837) (Araneae, Ctenidae) on Dendropsophus melanargyreus Cope, 1877 (Anura, Hylidae) %A Moura %A M¨¢rio Ribeiro %A Azevedo %A Leonardo Pimenta %J Biota Neotropica %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1676-06032011000400028 %X we report here an observation of predation of the giant spider ancylometes rufus on the tree frog dendropsophus melanargyreus in a southern region of amazonia forest. we also reviewed the available literature on predation of this spider species on vertebrates. %K natural history %K tree frog %K amazon %K mato grosso. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1676-06032011000400028&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en