Odontophrynidae |
50 species in 3 genera
Commonly Called Smooth Horned Frog, Ground Frogs, Escuerzo or Forest Frogs
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Odontophrynus cultripes
Photo by Ariovaldo Giaretta
(Click for family gallery)These small to medium frogs are robust bodied with generally round, wide, sometimes large, heads. Species range in a variety of habitats but are generally terrestrial living in open grassland areas to forests, but requires water, standing or moving, to lay eggs and for larvae.
The current organization of this family was first recognized in 2011 (Pyron and Weins).
Written by AmphibiaWebNotable Family Characteristics
- Terrestrial in a variety of habitats from open grasslands to marshes to forests
- Some species are fossorial
- Some species are explosive breeders
- Lays eggs in water, which hatch into tadpoles
- Distribution limited to southern and eastern South America
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Cartography Credit: Zoe Yoo, UC Berkeley
Range maps sources: AmphibiaWeb, UC Berkeley, and IUCN RedListRelevant Reference
Pyron, R. A., and J. J. Wiens. 2011. A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of advanced frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 543–583.
Dias, P. H. dos S., R. C. Amaro, A. M. P. T. de Carvalho-e-Silva, and M. T. Rodrigues. 2013. Two new species of Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura; Odontophrynidae) from the Atlantic forest, with taxonomic remarks on the genus. Zootaxa 3682: 277–304.
Genus Macrogenioglottus (1 species)
Macrogenioglottus alipioi no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video
Genus Odontophrynus (9 species)
Odontophrynus americanus AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Odontophrynus carvalhoi no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Odontophrynus cordobae no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Odontophrynus cultripes AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Odontophrynus juquinha no AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Odontophrynus lavillai no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Odontophrynus maisuma no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Odontophrynus monachus no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Odontophrynus occidentalis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video
Genus Proceratophrys (40 species)
Proceratophrys appendiculata no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys ararype AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys avelinoi no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys bagnoi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys belzebul no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys bigibbosa no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys boiei AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Proceratophrys branti no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys brauni no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys carranca no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys concavitympanum no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys cristiceps no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys cururu no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys dibernardoi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys gladius no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys goyana no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys huntingtoni no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys itamari no AmphibiaWeb account no photos sound/video Proceratophrys izecksohni no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys laticeps no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys mantiqueira no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys melanopogon AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys minuta no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys moehringi no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys moratoi AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Proceratophrys palustris no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys paviotii no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys phyllostomus no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys pombali no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys redacta no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys renalis no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys rondonae no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys rotundipalpebra no AmphibiaWeb account photos sound/video Proceratophrys salvatori no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys sanctaritae no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys schirchi no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys strussmannae no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys subguttata no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video Proceratophrys tupinambis no AmphibiaWeb account no photos no sound/video Proceratophrys vielliardi no AmphibiaWeb account photos no sound/video
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