Adult males measure 40–50mm (1.6–2.0in) and adult females, based on only two specimens, 44–45mm (1.7–1.8in) in snout–vent length. The head is wider than it is long. The snout is rounded from above but obtuse in lateral view. The tympanum is not externally visible. The canthal crests are poorly defined while the frontoparietal crest is not developed. The toes are partially webbed. The dorsum is scattered with several warts and small granules. The ventral surfaces, apart from the hands and feet, are covered by many small, circular, uniform warts and small granules. Dorsal coloration consists of marbling of various shades of brown on cream background, sometimes with a reddish tinge.[3]
Males call near temporary streams. The eggs are laid in the temporary pools and streams where the tadpoles later develop.[3][1]
At stage 39, the tadpoles have an oval-round body. The body is about 41% of the total length of the animal. The tadpole has large eyes. The skin of the dorsum is olive in color with dark brown blotches. The anterior portion of the ventral area is white in color and the posterior portion is darker. The internal organs are visible through the skin.[4]
1 2 3 4 Cruz, Carlos Alberto G.; Nunes, Ivan & Juncá, Flora A. (2012). "Redescription of Proceratophrys cristiceps (Müller, 1883) (Amphibia, Anura, Odontophrynidae), with description of two new species without eyelid appendages from northeastern Brazil". South American Journal of Herpetology. 7 (2): 110–122. doi:10.2994/057.007.0201. S2CID86759283.
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