Argentine horned frog
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Ornate horned frog tadpoles can make calls by forcing air from their developing lungs.
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Ornate horned frog tadpoles can make calls by forcing air from their developing lungs.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Argentine horned frog
- Scientific name
- Ceratophrys ornata
- Japanese name
- ベルツノガエル
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ceratophryidae
- Genus
- Ceratophrys
Where the name “Argentine horned frog” comes from
Its round body and huge mouth have earned it the nickname “Pacman Frog”.
Honolulu ZooA frog of South America, found in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil.
The bumps above its eyes look like horns, which is how horned frogs got their name.
How the Argentine horned frog lives
They live in grasslands near temporary pools and roadside ditches. They eat insects and other prey, including small birds and other frogs. They breed in pools during the rainy season in late spring.
Honolulu Zoo高知県立のいち動物公園Basic data
- Range
- Paraguay, Uruguay, southern Brazil and Argentina
Where the Argentine horned frog has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ベルツノガエル
- 简体中文
- 钟角蛙
- 繁體中文
- 鐘角蛙
- Español
- Escuerzo común
- Français
- Grenouille cornue de Bell
- Português (Brasil)
- Sapo-de-chifre-argentino
- Italiano
- Rana cornuta argentina
- العربية
- ضفدع أقرن أرجنتيني
- Tiếng Việt
- Ếch sừng Argentina
- Русский
- Украшенная рогатка
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ベルツノガエルChecked: 2026-11-03
- 高知県立のいち動物公園 — ベルツノガエルChecked: 2026-11-07
- Honolulu Zoo — Ornate Horned FrogChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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