Updated geographic distribution and significant additional museum records for the Horned Frog, Ceratophrys calcarata Boulenger, 1890 (Anura: Ceratophryidae), in Venezuela
Authors/Creators
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La Marca, Enrique
(Researcher)1
- Sánchez, Néstor (Researcher)2
- Mendoza Mendoza, Iván José (Researcher)2
- Navarrete, Luis Fernando (Researcher)3
- Bazó, Santos (Researcher)4
- Merlo, Luis (Researcher)5
- Rodríguez, Luis Alejandro (Researcher)6
- Lemoine Nouel, Karel (Researcher)6
- Mijares-Urrutia, Abraham (Researcher)7
- 1. Escuela de Geografía, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida 5101, Venezuela
- 2. Centro de Conservación REVA (Rescate de Especies Venezolanas de Anfibios), Mérida, Venezuela.
- 3. Serpentario. Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.
- 4. Serpentario.Com, Urb. Las Acacias, Valera, estado Trujillo, Venezuela.
- 5. Fundatrópicos, Caracas, Venezuela
- 6. Centro de Conservación REVA (Rescate de Especies Venezolanas de Anfibios), Mérida, Venezuela
- 7. Conservation and Ecosystem Management Teaching Group, Technical and Further Education Institute, (TAFE NSW), Sydney, Australia.
Contributors
- 1. Escuela de Geografía, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida 5101, Venezuela
- 2. Centro de Conservación REVA (Rescate de Especies Venezolanas de Anfibios), Mérida, Venezuela
- 3. Serpentario. Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.
- 4. Serpentario.Com, Urb. Las Acacias, Valera, estado Trujillo, Venezuela.
- 5. Fundatrópicos, Caracas, Venezuela
- 6. Conservation and Ecosystem Management Teaching Group, Technical and Further Education Institute, (TAFE NSW), Sydney, Australia.
Description
The genus Ceratophrys is represented in Venezuela by two species: C. cornuta and C. calcarata. Despite being morphologically
unique amphibians, most of the geographic distribution of C. calcarata in the north of the country has historically
depended on bibliographic mentions and sightings without voucher specimens that allowed scientific verification. The
present work formally reports first museum voucher specimens for the states of Mérida, Trujillo, Yaracuy and Zulia, and
additional specimens that corroborate the presence of the species in Amazonas and Falcón states. Clarifications on unsupported
historical records are included, and the importance of certain records is highlighted. These new data will bring up
to date the geographic distribution map of the species within Venezuelan territory.
Files
La Marca et al. 2026 Distribution Ceratophrys calcarata DEF. ANARTIA 42, 40-48.pdf
Additional details
Dates
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2026-06-30