Rhinophrynidae

Rhinophrynidae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic to present, 155.7–0 Ma
Juvenile Rhinophrynus dorsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Clade: Pipoidea
Family: Rhinophrynidae
Günther, 1859
Type genus
Rhinophrynus
Duméril and Bibron, 1841
Burrowing Toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis), Municipality of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico (8 October 2007).

The Rhinophrynidae are a family of frogs containing one extant genus, the monotypic Rhinophrynus,[1][2][3][4] and a number of fossil genera.[3][5] The family is sometimes known as the Mexican burrowing toads[1] or simply burrowing toads.[2]

Rhinophrynus occurs in the Central America north from Costa Rica to Mexico and Texas.[1] Fossil finds of Rhinophrynidae come from Mexico, the United States, and Canada.[5] Rhinophrynus is a burrowing ant and termite eater.[2][4]

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