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  Ceratophryidae

88 species in 9 genera

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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Genus Chaltenobatrachus (1 species)
Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video

Genus Proceratophrys (26 species)
Proceratophrys appendiculata no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Proceratophrys avelinoi no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Proceratophrys bigibbosa no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Proceratophrys boiei English account non-English account photos sound/video
Proceratophrys brauni no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Proceratophrys concavitympanum no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys cristiceps no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys cristinae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys cururu no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Proceratophrys fryi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys goyana no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Proceratophrys laticeps no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Proceratophrys melanopogon no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Proceratophrys minuta no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys moehringi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys moratoi no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Proceratophrys palustris no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys paviotii no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys phyllostomus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys renalis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys rondonae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys schirchi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys strussmannae no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys subguttata no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Proceratophrys tupinambis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Proceratophrys vielliardi no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Subfamily Batrachylinae (13 species)

Genus Atelognathus (8 species)    [subfamily Batrachylinae]
Atelognathus ceii no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Atelognathus jeinimenensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Atelognathus nitoi no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Atelognathus patagonicus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Atelognathus praebasalticus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Atelognathus reverberii no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Atelognathus salai no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Atelognathus solitarius no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video

Genus Batrachyla (5 species)    [subfamily Batrachylinae]
Batrachyla antartandica no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Batrachyla fitzroya no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Batrachyla leptopus no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Batrachyla nibaldoi no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Batrachyla taeniata no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Subfamily Ceratophryinae (12 species)

Genus Ceratophrys (8 species)    [subfamily Ceratophryinae]
Ceratophrys aurita no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Ceratophrys calcarata no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Ceratophrys cornuta English account non-English account photos sound/video
Ceratophrys cranwelli no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Ceratophrys joazeirensis no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Ceratophrys ornata English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Ceratophrys stolzmanni no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Ceratophrys testudo no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video

Genus Chacophrys (1 species)    [subfamily Ceratophryinae]
Chacophrys pierottii no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video

Genus Lepidobatrachus (3 species)    [subfamily Ceratophryinae]
Lepidobatrachus asper no English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Lepidobatrachus laevis English account no non-English accountphotos no sound/video
Lepidobatrachus llanensis no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Subfamily Telmatobiinae (60 species)

Genus Batrachophrynus (2 species)    [subfamily Telmatobiinae]
Batrachophrynus brachydactylus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video
Batrachophrynus macrostomus no English account no non-English accountno photos no sound/video

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


Citation: AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2012. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: 2012).

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