Ceratophrys calcarata Boulenger, 1890

Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) 13 (1), pp. 1-198 : 28-30

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11404264

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11405153

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scientific name

Ceratophrys calcarata Boulenger, 1890
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Ceratophrys calcarata Boulenger, 1890 View in CoL

Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.17. 28 (formerly 89.12.16.168).

Type locality: “ Colombia.”

Distribution: Region 3, 6. Caribbean lowlands of Colombia and Venezuela. In Venezuela, distribution is in the northwestern portion of the country (Maracaibo Lake Basin, Falcón and Lara States), with a disjunct population in the surroundings of Puerto Ayacucho, southeast of the Orinoco River in Amazonas State.

Remarks: Faivovich et al. (2014) recovered the phylogenetic relationships of the family Ceratophryidae , placing Ceratophrys calcarata as a sister species of C. cornuta .

Selected references: Boulenger (1890); Lutz (1927); Ginés (1959); Rivero (1961, 1964b); Lynch (1982); La Marca (1986, 1995a); Mijares-Urrútia and Arends (1993); Frost et al. (2006); Faivovich et al. (2014).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Ceratophryidae

Genus

Ceratophrys

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