Horned frog
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Horned frog can refer to certain Anuras:
It can also refer to:
- Asian horned frogs, genus Megophrys of the mesobatrachiaMesobatrachiaMesobatrachia is the second largest of the Anura suborders of amphibians. It contains 6 families, 20 genera and 168 species. This is, of course, not matched to the 5,047 species noted in the Neobatrachia suborder...
n MegophryidaeMegophryidaeMegophryidae are a large family of frogs native to the warm southeast of Asia, from the Himalaya foothills eastwards, south to Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, and extending to the Philippines. As of mid-2008 it encompasses approximately 70-100 species of frog... - South American horned frogs, genus Ceratophrys of the neobatrachiaNeobatrachiaNeobatrachia are a suborder of the Anura, the order of frogs and toads. This suborder is the most advanced and apomorphic of the three anuran orders alive today; hence its name, which literally means "new frogs"...
n LeptodactylidaeLeptodactylidaeLeptodactylidae is a diverse family of frogs that probably diverged from other hyloids during the Cenozoic era, or possibly at the end of the Mesozoic. There are roughly 50 genera, one of which is Eleutherodactylus, the largest vertebrate genus, with over 700 species...
It can also refer to:
- Phrynosoma, a genus of New World lizards also known as "horned toads" but unrelated to frogs and toads
- TCU Horned FrogsTCU Horned FrogsThe TCU Horned Frogs are the athletic teams that represent Texas Christian University, consisting of 18 varsity teams. The "horned frog" nickname and mascot refer to the Texas horned lizard, as known as the "horned frog". The women's athletics teams are often referred to often as the Lady Frogs...
, the athletic teams of Texas Christian University