Proceratophrys

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Proceratophrys
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Proceratophrys bigibbosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Odontophrynidae
Genus: Proceratophrys
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
Type species
Proceratophrys bigibbosa
Peters, 1872

Proceratophrys is a genus of frogs in the family Odontophrynidae. They are found in eastern and southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Paraguay, possibly into Bolivia adjacent to the Brazilian border. [1]

Species

The genus contains 42 species, many of them only recently described: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)