Surinam horned frog

Surinam horned frog
File:Ceratophrys cornuta - 2.jpg
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ceratophryidae
Genus:	Ceratophrys
Species:	C. cornuta
Binomial name
Ceratophrys cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Surinam horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), also known as Amazonian horned frog, is a bulky frog measuring up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) found in the northern part of South America. It has an exceptionally wide mouth, and has horn-like projections above its eyes. Females lay up to 1,000 eggs at a time, and wrap them around aquatic plants. The frog eats other frogs, lizards, and mice. Tadpoles of the Surinam horned frog attack each other (and tadpoles from other species) soon after being hatched.

This species was once considered the same species as Ceratophrys ornata. This dispute was later settled because the Surinam Horned frog inhabits a different habitat than its smaller cousin and does not interbreed with it in the wild (but will do so in captivity). This species has been known to prey upon the other species of horned frog, especially the northern race of Ceratophrys ornata.

Gallery

• Ceratophrys cornuta - 3.jpg

  Ceratophrys cornuta
  Suriname
• Ceratophrys cornuta - frog - 4.jpg

  Ceratophrys cornuta
  Suriname
• Ceratophrys cornuta 01.jpg

  Burying behaviour

• Cornuta side view web.jpg

  Ceratophrys cornuta
  skeleton
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  Ceratophrys cornuta
  skeleton

References

• La Marca et al. (2004). Ceratophrys cornuta. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern
• Animal, Smithsonian Institution, 2005, pg. 445
• Ditmar's Reptiles of the World: 1937

External links

Media related to Surinam horned frog at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Surinam horned frog at Wikispecies