Etymology: The genus name, “Ceratophrys”, is derived from the Greek word for “horn”, κέρατο, in reference to the horn–like protrusions above the eye in adults (Barrio 1980). The specific name, “cranwelli”, is in honor of Dr. Jorge Cranwell, who was the first person to observe and identify C. cranwelli as a species separate from C. ornata (Barrio 1980). Cranwell managed the herpetology collection of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and wrote the field guide Para la herpetología de Misiones (Beolens et al. 2013). |
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