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Family Ceratophryidae

This is a small family, 12 species in 3 genera found in South America. The terrestrial species are "sit and wait" predators" that crouch in the leaf litter without movement. When I took video of a horned frog in Guyana the only movement was an occasional flicker of the throat. Some folk call them Paraguay horned frogs.

Lepidobatrachus is an aquatic genus - the three species are sometimes called Budgett's frogs after the scientist who described them.

Members of the family are often found in the pet trade.

 

Ceratophrys cornuta, Horned frog

Ceratpphrys cornuta, Guyana

FROG 0274 Ceratophrys cornuta, Horned frog, Atta, Guyana, showing amazing cryptic shape and color.

Ceratophrys cornuta, Horned frog, Atta, Guyana

Frog 0262 Ceratophrys cornuta, Horned frog, Atta, Guyana

Ceratphrys cornuta Horned frog

FROG 0166 Ceratophrys cornuta, Atta, Guyana

Ceratophrys cornuta, Horned frog, Atta, Guyana

FROG 0180 Ceratophrys cornuta, Horned frog, Atta, Guyana.

Ceratophrys cornuta, Horned frog, Atta, Guyana

FROG 0176 Ceratophrys cornuta, Horned frog, Atta, Guyana.

Ceratophrys cornuta, Horned frog, Atta, Guyana

FROG 0269 Ceratophrys cornuta, Horned frog, Atta, Guyana. Portrait.

Ceratophrys ornata Argentine horned frog

Ceratophrys ornata  South American horned frog

FROG 0281 Ceratophrys ornata, Argentine horned frog (captive)

Ceratophrys ornata, South American horned frog

FROG 0292 Ceratophrys ornata, Argentinean horned frog

Lepidobatrachus llanensis Dwarf Budgett's frog

Dwarf Budgett's frog

Lepidobatrachus llanensis, Dwarf Budgett's frog, captive.

Lepidobatrachus laevis Budgett's frog

Lepidobatrachus laevis Budgett's frog (captive)

FROG 0217 Lepidobatrachus laevis Budgett's frog (captive)

Lepidobatrachus laevis Budgett's frog

FROG 0227 Lepidobatrachus laevis Budgett's frog.

Lepidobatrachus laevis Budgett's frog

FROG 0229 Lepidobatrachus laevis Budgett's frog

Lepidobatrachus laevis Budgett's frog

FROG 0231 Lepidobatrachus laevis Budgett's frog head detail

 
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