Ceratophrys cranwelli Barrio, 1980
Ceratophrys cranwelli Barrio, 1980, Physis, Buenos Aires, 39: 22. Holotype: CHINM 7195, by original designation; now in MACN. Type locality: "Gramilla, Santiago del Estero", Argentina.
Ceratophrys (Ceratophrys) cranwelli — Lynch, 1982, Syst. Zool., 31: 166-179.
English Names
Cranwell's Horned Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 71).
Argentina Horned Frog (Trade name).
Distribution
Chacoan region of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Comment
Formerly considered a synonym of Ceratophrys ornata, with which it is parapatric. Cei, 1987, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 21: 220-222, discussed this taxon in comparison with Ceratophrys ornata, with which it had been synonymized. Brusquetti and Lavilla, 2006, Cuad. Herpetol., 20: 15, briefly discussed the range in Paraguay.
External Links
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For additional sources of information from other sites search Google
- For images search Arkive, CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For information aggregation from other sites and some original accounts see AmphibiaWeb report
- For further information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist;
- for a quick link to their maps see iNaturalist KML
