Chuck slingshot [1] ( lat. Ceratophrys cranwelli ) is a species of frogs from the family Ceratophryidae . Endemic Gran Chaco .
| Chakka slingshot |
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| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Squad: | Tailless Amphibians |
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| International scientific name |
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Ceratophrys cranwelli Barrio , 1980 |
| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 56338 |
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The total length reaches 10-15 cm, weight - 0.1 kg. Sexual dimorphism is observed: females are larger than males. The head is wide, thick. The mouth is very large. Males have a large throat sac with which they make loud noises during the mating season. The back is covered with a dense bone shield. The skin is bubbly, with a lot of small spines. Coloring varies from delicate lime green to pink-brown. Large convex spots are located on the back, which in some individuals can be extended into small stripes. The color of the spots varies from olive green to dark brown, almost black.
It lives in Argentina, Bolivia, in the west of Brazil, in Paraguay.
Prefers moist forests along the banks of ponds, marshy places. It occurs at an altitude of up to 700 m above sea level. Leads a terrestrial lifestyle. Active at night. Leisurely animal. Hunting from an ambush. Pretty voracious; her stomach makes up two-thirds of her body. It feeds on chicks, frogs, small reptiles, invertebrates, even representatives of its species. In the fasting period, you can even eat your own skin.
Mating and breeding occurs during the rainy season. The female lays 2,000-4,000 eggs.
- ↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- P. 78 .-- 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- Steffen Reichle, Lucy Aquino, Débora Silvano, Ismael di Tada 2004. Ceratophrys cranwelli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2.
