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Ctenophryne geayi (common name: brown egg frog, Spanish: sapito apuntado de Geay) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is widely distributed in the northern parts of South America, in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana) and in the Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. It might actually represent two species.
From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Brown Egg Frog being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hypopachus pictiventris
- Gastrophryne elegans
- Chiasmocleis shudikarensis
- Elachistocleis nigrogularis
- Elachistocleis muiraquitan
- Hypopachus variolosus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Microhylidae
- Genus
- Ctenophryne
- Species
- Ctenophryne geayi
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