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The Ceratophryidae, also known as common horned frogs, are a family of frogs found in South America. It is a relatively small family with three extant genera and 12 species. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Despite the common name, not all species in the family have the horn-like projections at the eyes.
Horned frog is a common name used to identify several kinds of frogs with hornlike features: Asian horned frog, genus Megophrys of the mesobatrachian Megophryidae; Rough horned frog, genus Borneophrys of the mesobatrachian Megophryidae; South American horned frog, genus Ceratophrys of the neobatrachian Ceratophryidae
Brazilian horned frog or Wied's frog: Brazil. Ceratophrys calcarata Boulenger, 1890: Colombian horned frog: Colombia and Venezuela Ceratophrys cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) 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.
Xenophrys mangshanensis (Fei and Ye, 1990) — Mangshan horned toad; Xenophrys maosonensis (Bourret, 1937) — Maoson horned toad; Xenophrys medogensis (Fei, Ye, and Huang, 1983) — Medog horned toad; Xenophrys megacephala (Mahony, Sengupta, Kamei, and Biju, 2011) — big-headed horned frog; Xenophrys monticola Günther, 1864 — mountain ...
Chacophrys pierottii, the Chaco horned frog or lesser Chini frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratophryidae. [2] It is monotypic within the genus Chacophrys. [3] It is found in the Chaco of northern Argentina, eastern Bolivia, and western Paraguay. Its natural habitats are dry shrubland and gallery forest. Outside the breeding season ...
The megophryids are notable for their camouflage, especially those that live in forests, which often look like dead leaves.The camouflage is accurate to the point of some having skin folds that look like leaf veins, and at least one species, the long-nosed horned frog (Megophrys montana) has sharp projections extending past the eye and nose, which disguise the frog shape.