Ceratophrys (Lynch, 1971)

Nicoli, Laura, 2019, The fossil record of Ceratophrys Wied-Neuwied (Anura: Ceratophryidae): a revision and update of fossil South American horned frogs, Zootaxa 4658 (1), pp. 37-68 : 56

Unidentified Ceratophrys sp. from Tarija, Bolivia ( Vergnaud-Grazzini 1968)

A series of isolated postcranial elements (viz., 1 humerus, 2 left ilia, 2 tibiofibulae, 2 scapulae, 2 presacral and 1 sacral vertebra) from the Tarija Basin ( Fig. 1 , locality 14), in the department of Tarija, Bolivia, were attributed to Ceratophrys by Vergnaud-Grazzini (1968). Some anuran remains from this locality tentatively assigned to Ceratophrys were found in the collection of the Museum National du Histoire Naturelle. These fossils, however, do not correspond to the elements listed by Vergnaud-Grazzini. Instead, they probably are bufonids that were cited by the author in the same paper. The material from Tarija attributed by Vergnaud-grazzini to Ceratophrys currently is lost.

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FIGURE 1. Distributional map of extant and fossil Ceratophrys. The phylogeny of the extant species of Ceratophyrs were proposed by Faivovich et al.(2014). The numbers in circles represent the fossiliferous localities mentioned in the article: 1, Arroyo Chasicó; 2, Arroyo Tapalqué; 3, Conchillas; 4, Farola Monte Hermoso; 5, Fortín Necochea; 6, Lagoa Santa; 7, Laguna de Los Tres Reyes; 8, Mar del Plata and Miramar cities; 9, Ñuapua; 10, Olivos; 11, Puerta de Corral Quemado; 12, Quehué; 13, San Antonio and Paso Alsina; 14, Tarija. Black circles: localities where the presence of Ceratophrys was confirmed; white circles: the presence of Ceratophrys remains unconfirmed. The distributions of the extant species of Ceratophrys are represented by areas that approximately include all the reported records for each species; the distribution of most species, however, is not well known. Distributions are based on Lynch (1982) with corrections and additions from Barrio-Amorós 2004; Barrio 1980; Langone 1995; Maciel et al. 2013; Maneyro & Langone 2001; Ortiz et al. 2013; Peters 1967; Rivero 1961; Stuart et al. 2008.