Ceratophryidae

Ceratophryinae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous – Recent
Ceratophrys ornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Lissamphibia
Order:	Anura
Suborder:	Neobatrachia
Family:	Leptodactylidae
Subfamily:	Ceratophryinae Tschudi, 1838
Genera
See text.

The Ceratophryinae, known as common horned frogs, are a subfamily of the leptodactylid frogs. All species in this subfamily live in South America. Fossils of the giant Beelzebufo from Cretaceous Madagascar suggest that the subfamily may have once ranged throughout the prehistoric supercontinent of Gondwana. Despite the common name, not all species in the subfamily have the horn-like projections at the eyes. All are carnivorous, terrestrial or semi-aquatic and notably thickset with proportionally large heads and mouths. Some species (especially from the genera Ceratophrys and Lepidobatrachus) are popular in herpetoculture.

Genera

• †Beelzebufo, Evans, Jones, & Krause, 2008.
• Ceratophrys, Wied-Neuwied, 1824.
• Chacophrys, Reig & Limeses, 1963.
• Lepidobatrachus, Budgett, 1899.
• Macrogenioglottus, Carvalho, 1946.
• Odontophrynus, Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862.
• Proceratophrys, Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920.

References

• http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/names.php?taxon=&family=&subfamily=Ceratophryinae&genus=&commname=&authority=&year=&geo=0&dist=&comment=