Ceratophrys Wied 1824 (South American horned frog)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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