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Surinam horned frog: northern part of South America Ceratophrys cranwelli Barrio, 1980: Cranwell's horned frog: Gran Chaco region of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. Ceratophrys joazeirensis Mercadal de Barrio, 1986: Joazeiro horned frog: Brazil. Ceratophrys ornata (Bell, 1843) Argentine horned frog: Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
At 8.6–10.2 mm (0.34–0.40 in) in snout–to–vent length, [6] B. didactylus is one of the smallest frogs in the world. This species and the roughly similar-sized Eleutherodactylus iberia from Cuba were once regarded as the smallest, [7] but several others that are smaller have since been discovered, including the closely related B. pulex at 8–8.4 mm (0.31–0.33 in), [6] Stumpffia ...
The Mission golden-eyed tree frog [2] or Amazon milk frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) is a large species of arboreal frog native to the Amazon Rainforest in South America. It is sometimes referred to as the blue milk frog due to a sticky, milk-like substance that they produce when feeling threatened.
Phyllomedusa bicolor, the giant leaf frog, bicolor tree-frog, giant monkey frog, [2] or waxy-monkey treefrog, [3] is a species of leaf frog.It can be found in the Amazon basin of Brazil, Colombia (), Bolivia, and Peru, and can also be found in the Guianan Region of Venezuela and the Guianas, and in Cerrado of the state of Maranhão in Brazil.
During their surveys, researchers found 17 “pumpkin”-colored frogs, the study said. Other scientists had encountered these frogs before but no one had studied them in depth.
They’d discovered a new species: Scinax juruena, or the Juruena snouted tree frog. Juruena snouted tree frogs are considered “small,” reaching just over 1 inch in length, researchers said.
Odontophrynus americanus (common names: common lesser escuercito, American ground frog) is a species of frog in the family Odontophrynidae. It is found in central and northern Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, and southern Paraguay. It is tetraploid; diploid populations have been described as a new species, Odontophrynus cordobae. [1] [2]
Scientists have discovered a strange new toad species smaller than a fingernail in a rainforest in northeast Brazil, shedding more light on the rich diversity of life forms in the region.. The ...