horned frog
English
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Noun
[edit]horned frog (plural horned frogs)
- Any of several large carnivorous frogs, of the genus Megophrys, Pelobatrachus, and Ceratophrys, that have elongated "eyebrows".
- (US) Synonym of horned lizard; genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard.
- 1855, John Wright, William Wright, Recollections of Western Texas[1], published 1995, page 41:
- But among all the harmless reptiles of Texas, decidedly the most singular is the horned frog; it resembles the common frog […]
- 1912, J. W. Reading, “Locomotive Engineers Journal”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 47:
- The horned frog is a native of Texas and Lower California, where he is found inhabiting the sandy soil of the prairies and the pockets of the small boy. / The horned frog is really no frog at all, but a lizard traveling incognito.
- 2012, Lonn Taylor, Texas, My Texas: Musings of the Rambling Boy[2]:
- I have always had aspecial affinity for horned toads, probably because I went to Texas Christian University, whose mascot is the horned frog
Derived terms
[edit]- Amazonian horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta)
- Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata)
- Asian horned frogs (Megophrys spp., family Megophryidae)
- Brazilian horned frog (Ceratophrys aurita)
- Chacoan horned frog, Cranwell's horned frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli)
- Ecuadorian horned frog (Ceratophrys stolzmanni)
- Kinabalu horned frog (Pelobatrachus baluensis)
- long-nosed horned frog, Malayan horned frog (Pelobatrachus nasutus)
- Mindanao horned frog (Pelobatrachus stejnegeri)
- ornate horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata)
- Pacific horned frog (Ceratophrys stolzmanni)
- Palawan horned frog (Pelobatrachus ligayae)
- rough horned frog (Pelobatrachus edwardinae)
- South American horned frog (Ceratophrys spp.)
- Stolzmann's horned frog (Ceratophrys stolzmanni)
- Surinam horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta)
References
[edit]- “horned frog”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.