Caatinga horned frog

Species of amphibian

Caatinga horned frog

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Amphibia
Order:  | Anura
Family:  | Ceratophryidae
Genus:  | Ceratophrys
Species:  |

C. joazeirensis

Binomial name
Ceratophrys joazeirensis

Mercadal, 1986

The Caatinga horned frog (Ceratophrys joazeirensis) is a species of frog in the family Ceratophryidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and intermittent freshwater marshes. They are voracious predators that use a sit-and-wait feeding strategy to ambush prey, which includes ants and small vertebrates. They are also known to be explosive breeders.

## References

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1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2022). "Ceratophrys joazeirensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T56339A172216729. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

* Jorge, J.; Sales, R.; Kokubum, M.; Freire, E. (December 2015). "On the natural history of the Caatinga Horned Frog, Ceratophrys joazeirensis (Anura: Ceratophryidae), a poorly known species of northeastern Brazil". Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology. 14 (2): 156. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v14i2p147-156. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

## External links

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* Photo: Ceratophrys joazeirensis ceratophrys.com

Taxon identifiers

Ceratophrys joazeirensis|

* Wikidata: Q2946385
* Wikispecies: Ceratophrys joazeirensis
* ADW: Ceratophrys_joazeirensis
* AmphibiaWeb: 5722
* ASW: Ceratophrys-joazeirensis
* CoL: SNTL
* EoL: 337374
* GBIF: 2424457
* iNaturalist: 22845
* IRMNG: 10974255
* ITIS: 663272
* IUCN: 56339
* NCBI: 1594395
* Open Tree of Life: 3620340
* uBio: 4803147

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