Stats

Lifespan

10-15 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Carnivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Tropical savanna

Range

South America

Movement

Hopping

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Rare

About

This round frog dwells in the dry forest floor of the Gran Chaco region. Its mouth spans nearly the entire width of its body to swallow prey as large as itself.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A jelly-coated egg is laid in water and develops over days into an aquatic larva.
2. 2.
   tadpole

   A gilled tadpole swims and grazes on algae, slowly absorbing its tail and growing limbs.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A near-adult amphibian leaves the water with new legs and lungs, smaller than the mature form.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown at adult size, breathing air.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Ceratophryidae

Genus

Ceratophrys

Species

Ceratophrys cranwelli