Surinam horned frog

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/surinam-horned-frog

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Ceratophrys cornuta
2. What is the reproduction?Females lay up to 1,000 eggs, typically attached to submerged aquatic plants
3. What does the Surinam horned frog look like?It has a wide mouth that can open very far, horns above its eyes, and a pattern that helps it blend into leaf litter.
4. How does the Surinam horned frog catch its food?It waits in the leaf litter and then opens its huge mouth to swallow prey almost as big as itself.

Endemic: Native or restricted to a certain country or area.
Crypsis: The ability of an organism to avoid observation or detection by other organisms, often through camouflage.
Ontogenetic Aggression: Aggressive behavior that develops or changes as an organism matures, particularly evident in the tadpole stage of this frog.