Venezuelan Horned Frog

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Venezuelan Horned Frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Leptodactylidae
Genus: Ceratophrys
Species: C. calcarata
Binomial name
Ceratophrys calcarata
Boulenger, 1890

The Venezuelan Horned Frog or Sapo Cuaima (Ceratophrys calcarata) is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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