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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 Surinam toad catches prey by entraining large volumes of water for ingestion and by limiting fish escape with its fingers. It uses bidirectional suction, a process the frog initiates by depressing its hyoid and retracting its clavicle. The amount of entrained water the frog can ingest is related to its ability to actively increase its body ...
Brazilian horned frog or Wied's frog: Brazil. Ceratophrys calcarata Boulenger, 1890: Colombian horned frog: Colombia and Venezuela Ceratophrys cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) Surinam horned frog: northern part of South America Ceratophrys cranwelli Barrio, 1980: Cranwell's horned frog: Gran Chaco region of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil.
Pages in category "Amphibians of Suriname" ... Surinam horned frog; Synapturanus mirandaribeiroi; T. Troschel's tree frog; V. Vitreorana ritae; W. White-lined leaf frog;
The horned marsupial frog is an amphibian species endemic to Central and South America. The frog can be found in Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia with a small population in Ecuador. Unfortunately ...
Surinam horned frog; V. Venezuelan horned frog This page was last edited on 18 December 2014, at 21:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Pages in category "Frogs of Peru" The following 133 pages are in this category, out of 133 total. ... Surinam horned frog; Syncope tridactyla; T. Telmatobius mendelsoni;
Horned frog is a common name used to identify several kinds of frogs with hornlike features: Asian horned frog, genus Megophrys of the mesobatrachian Megophryidae; Rough horned frog, genus Borneophrys of the mesobatrachian Megophryidae; South American horned frog, genus Ceratophrys of the neobatrachian Ceratophryidae