Osteologia do sincrânio de Ceratophrys aurita (Raddi, 1823) (Anura, Leptodactylidae)

Abstract

The syncranial osteology of Ceratophrys aurita, a largosized and characteristic anuran of southeastern Brazil, is described. The main osteological features and their resultant manifestations, as well as the exostosic dermal ornamentation and the specialized dentition clearly confirm this species as a terrestrial, fossorial and phragmotic type, with active predatory habits.