Proceratophrys boiei

The white-faced horned frog, Bioe's frog, Bahia smooth horned frog, or Fry's smooth horned frog (Proceratophrys boiei) is a frog.  It lives in Brazil.

Body
The adult male frog is 40-62 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 40-74 mm long. The head is wider than it is long, and it has two points over its eyes that look like horns. The frog has warts on its skin.  The skin of the frog's back is brown in color with some marks under each eye.

Home
Scientists saw this frog on the dead leaves on the ground in forests that were never cut down, in forests that are growing back, and near forests. They saw it between 200 and 1200 meters above sea level.

Scientists have seen this animal in protected parks. They think it might live in Parque Estadual Intervales, Estação Biológica de Boracéia, Serra do Japi, Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi, RPPN Serra do Caraça, Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina, PETAR, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Parque Nacional da Serra do Órgãos, and Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar.

Name
Scientists named the frog for Mr. Boie, the person who caught the frogs that scientists looked at.

Food
The adult frog eats crickets, beetles, Blattodea, spiders, and other frogs. 

Young
The adult frog lays eggs in swamps and streams. At one point in its life, the tadpole is light brown in color with some darker brown marks. There are gold marks on the belly. The tadpoles live at the bottom of the water.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. People change the places where the frog lives to make towns, farms, tree farms, and places for animals to eat grass. People catch this frog to sell as a pet, even though this is against the law.

References

Category:Frogs of South America