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  Ceratophryidae

The family Ceratophryidae contains 7 genera, including the genus Ceratophrys, which have huge heads with enormous gapes and are sit-and-wait predators that mimic dried leaves. Another interesting ceratophryid, Telmatobius culeus (Lake Titicaca frog) lives at a very high elevation in Peru. This frog is extremely wrinkled in appearance due to extra skin for increased surface area and increased cutaneous respiration, in order to be more efficient in an oxygen poor environment.

This family is found in South America.


Ceratophrys cornuta
Photo by Jasper van Dalen
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Subfamily Batrachylinae (14 species)

Genus Atelognathus (9 species)    [subfamily Batrachylinae]
Atelognathus ceii no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Atelognathus grandisonae no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Atelognathus jeinimenensis no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Atelognathus nitoi no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Atelognathus patagonicus no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Atelognathus praebasalticus no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Atelognathus reverberii no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Atelognathus salai no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Atelognathus solitarius no species account photos no range maps no sounds

Genus Batrachyla (5 species)    [subfamily Batrachylinae]
Batrachyla antartandica no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Batrachyla fitzroya no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Batrachyla leptopus no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Batrachyla nibaldoi no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Batrachyla taeniata no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Subfamily Ceratophryinae (12 species)

Genus Ceratophrys (8 species)    [subfamily Ceratophryinae]
Ceratophrys aurita no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Ceratophrys calcarata no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Ceratophrys cornuta species account photos no range maps sounds
Ceratophrys cranwelli no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Ceratophrys joazeirensis no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Ceratophrys ornata species account photos no range maps no sounds
Ceratophrys stolzmanni no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Ceratophrys testudo no species account no photos no range maps no sounds

Genus Chacophrys (1 species)    [subfamily Ceratophryinae]
Chacophrys pierottii no species account photos no range maps no sounds

Genus Lepidobatrachus (3 species)    [subfamily Ceratophryinae]
Lepidobatrachus asper no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Lepidobatrachus laevis species account photos no range maps no sounds
Lepidobatrachus llanensis no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Subfamily Telmatobiinae (60 species)

Genus Batrachophrynus (2 species)    [subfamily Telmatobiinae]
Batrachophrynus brachydactylus no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Batrachophrynus macrostomus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds

Genus Telmatobius (58 species)    [subfamily Telmatobiinae]
Telmatobius arequipensis no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius atacamensis no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius atahualpai species account photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius bolivianus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius brevipes no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius brevirostris no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius carrillae no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius ceiorum no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius chusmisensis no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius cirrhacelis no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius colanensis species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius contrerasi no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius culeus species account photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius dankoi no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius degener species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius edaphonastes no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius espadai no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius fronteriensis no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius gigas species account photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius halli no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius hauthali no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius hintoni no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius hockingi no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius huayra no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius hypselocephalus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius ignavus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius intermedius no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius jelskii no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius laticeps no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius latirostris no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius marmoratus no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius mayoloi no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius necopinus species account photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius niger no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius oxycephalus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius pefauri no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius peruvianus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius philippii no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius pinguiculus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius pisanoi no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius platycephalus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius punctatus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius rimac no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius rubigo no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius sanborni no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius schreiteri no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius scrocchii no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius sibiricus no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius simonsi no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius stephani no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius thompsoni species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius timens no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius truebae species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius vellardi no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius verrucosus no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius vilamensis no species account no photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius yuracare no species account photos no range maps no sounds
Telmatobius zapahuirensis no species account no photos no range maps no sounds


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