horned frog

English

A horned frog (1)

A horned frog (2)

Wikispecies

Noun

horned frog (plural horned frogs)

1. Any of several large carnivorous frogs, of the genus Megophrys, that have elongated "eyebrows"
2. (US) Synonym of horned lizard; genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard.
   • 1855, John Wright, William Wright, Recollections of Western Texas‎^[1], published 1995, page 41:

     But among all the harmless reptiles of Texas, decidedly the most singular is the horned frog; it resembles the common frog […]

   • 1912, J. W. Reading, “Locomotive Engineers Journal”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 47:

     The horned frog is a native of Texas and Lower California, where he is found inhabiting the sandy soil of the prairies and the pockets of the small boy. / The horned frog is really no frog at all, but a lizard traveling incognito.

   • 2012, Lonn Taylor, Texas, My Texas: Musings of the Rambling Boy‎^[2]:

     I have always had aspecial affinity for horned toads, probably because I went to Texas Christian University, whose mascot is the horned frog

Derived terms

• Amazonian horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta)
• Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata)
• Asian horned frog (Megophrys, family Megophryidae)
• Brazilian horned frog (Ceratophrys aurita)
• Chacoan horned frog, Cranwell's horned frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli)
• Ecuadorian horned frog (Ceratophrys stolzmanni)
• Kinabalu horned frog (Pelobatrachus baluensis)
• long-nosed horned frog, Malayan horned frog (Pelobatrachus nasutus)
• Mindanao horned frog (Pelobatrachus stejnegeri)
• ornate horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata)
• Pacific horned frog (Ceratophrys stolzmanni)
• Palawan horned frog (Pelobatrachus ligayae)
• rough horned frog (Borneophrys, family Megophryidae)
• South American horned frog (Ceratophrys, family Leptodactylidae)
• Stolzmann's horned frog (Ceratophrys stolzmanni)
• Surinam horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta)