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    Default Re: Wikipedia error or not? (Pacman size)

    Quote Originally Posted by GrifTheGreat View Post
    The largest Horned Frog species is C. Aurita seconded by C. Ornata. There are some female Auritas that were recorded at 10" SVL. C. Ornata can have females reaching 8" and C. Cornuta females reaching 6". To be exact each species would prey on one another. They are cannibalistic and will eat the same species and the other species if they're hungry and the opportunity were to arise.

    It's considered that the 10" svl of an Aurita may have been a field observation that was exaggerated. C. Cornuta are typically somewhat smaller than a C.Cranwelli. Reports of one species preying on another come from areas where the frogs distribution overlaps. Obviously a frog that doesnt live in the same area as another species isn't going to eat it in the wild.

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    Default Re: Wikipedia error or not? (Pacman size)

    Quote Originally Posted by Ra View Post
    It's considered that the 10" svl of an Aurita may have been a field observation that was exaggerated. C. Cornuta are typically somewhat smaller than a C.Cranwelli. Reports of one species preying on another come from areas where the frogs distribution overlaps. Obviously a frog that doesnt live in the same area as another species isn't going to eat it in the wild.
    I've always suspected this as well, but it could be that when it was first described in a particular region that they may have been that size and due to habitat lose and climate changes as well as change in diet could have prevented them from reaching this massive size.

    I guess in truth we'll never know, but its my favorite of the Horned Frog Species.


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