Proceratophrys boiei

Proceratophrys boiei
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Proceratophrys
Species:
P. boiei
Binomial name
Proceratophrys boiei
(Wied-Neuwied, 1824)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ceratophrys boiei Wied-Neuwied, 1824
  • Stombus bojei Gravenhorst, 1829
  • Ceratophris granosa Cuvier, 1829
  • Rana (Ceratophris) granosa Guérin-Méneville, 1838
  • Stombus granosus Fitzinger, 1861 "1860"
  • Ceratophrys bojei Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862 "1861"
  • Ceratophrys fryi Günther, 187
  • Ceratophrys dorsata boiei Gadow, 1901
  • Ceratophrys intermedia Barbour, 1908
  • Stombus fryi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
  • Ceratophrys boiei Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
  • Stombus boiei Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920
  • Stombus intermedius Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926
  • Stombus boiei Lutz, 1954
  • Proceratophrys boiei Lynch, 1971
  • Proceratophrys fryi Lynch, 1971

The white-faced horned frog, Bioe's frog, Bahia smooth horned frog, or Fry's smooth horned frog (Proceratophrys boiei) is a frog. It lives in Brazil.[2][3][1]

Body

The adult male frog is 40-62 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 40-74 mm long. The head is wider than it is long, and it has two points over its eyes that look like horns. The frog has warts on its skin. The skin of the frog's back is brown in color with some marks under each eye.[3]

Home

Scientists saw this frog on the dead leaves on the ground in forests that were never cut down, in forests that are growing back, and near forests. They saw it between 200 and 1200 meters above sea level.[1]

Scientists have seen this animal in protected parks.[1] They think it might live in Parque Estadual Intervales, Estação Biológica de Boracéia, Serra do Japi, Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi, RPPN Serra do Caraça, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina, PETAR, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Parque Nacional da Serra do Órgãos, and Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar.[3]

Name

Scientists named the frog for Mr. Boie, the person who caught the frogs that scientists looked at.[3]

Food

The adult frog eats crickets, beetles, Blattodea, spiders, and other frogs.[3]

Young

The adult frog lays eggs in swamps and streams. At one point in its life, the tadpole is light brown in color with some darker brown marks. There are gold marks on the belly. The tadpoles live at the bottom of the water.[3]

Danger

Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. People change the places where the frog lives to make towns, farms, tree farms, and places for animals to eat grass. People catch this frog to sell as a pet, even though this is against the law.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group; & Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Bioe's Frog: Proceratophrys boiei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T88951402A163986765. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T88951402A163986765.en. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Proceratophrys boiei (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Diogo B. Provete (March 16, 2010). Kellie Whittaker; Michelle S. Koo (eds.). "Proceratophrys boiei (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 28, 2025.