Ceratophrys Wied 1824 (South American horned frog)

Amphibia - Salientia - Ceratophrynidae

Parent taxon: Ceratophryinae according to S. E. Evans et al. 2008

See also Baez and Peri 1990, Carroll 1988, Rovereto 1914 and Sanchiz 1998

Sister taxa: Chacophrys, Lepidobatrachus

Subtaxa: Ceratophrys prisca Ceratophrys sagani

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bolivia (2 collections), Brazil (1), Uruguay (1)

• Pliocene of Argentina (10)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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