Ornate Horned Frogs/pictures

[Lars K]

These are my two Ornate Horned Frogs (Ceratophrys ornata) which I recently got.
They are cb and about 2 months old.

 

[Lars K]

wow they are amazing, i havent seen one of those before, how much do they usually sell for?

Thanks!!!

They sell for around 70 Aus. Dollars.

They are rare in Europe and are mostly imported from the USA.

 

[Jen]

Dammit Lars! stop showing us things we can't have :cry:
Seriously tho, great looking animals

 

[Lars K]

Dammit Lars! stop showing us things we can't have :cry:
Seriously tho, great looking animals

Sorry, that wasn't my intention!!!

I only wanted to share the pictures and thank-you!!!

 

[Lars K]

oh cool, ill have to see if i can find anyone selling in s.a i was just on the phone to stuart (aussiefrogs) earlier asking him what frogs he has at the moment i should ask about those hehe funky looking little buggers arnt they

have a great night!

As they are exotics and are distributed in South America you won't be able to get them
in Australia, sorry!

Have a great night too!

 

[Lars K]

oh hold on YOUR IN GERMANY wow no wonder i havent seen those before
i guess there not legal in australia? lol! i was wondering why u added "australian dollars" lol

No, unfortunately they aren't legal in Australia.

 

[Lars K]

 

[Glider]

Very interesting and ... rotund!
Are they poisonous?

 

[Lozza]

lol @ rotund :lol: I love rotund frogs! Cute little fat frogs are awesome.
Very nice Lars - their colour & pattern is amazing

 

[Lars K]

Thank-you very much Lauren and Glider!!!

Haha, yes, they are rotund indeed , but they are still slim for this species , hehe!

Are they poisonous?

No, they aren't poisonous.

But there's an Argentinian myth.

They say when the "Escuerzo" (that's how they call him) bites a grazing horse in its lips
it would die after this bite, because of the venom in his mouth.

(But that's definitely not true!!!)

But they are one of the most aggressive frogs and even attack big mammals like opossums
in the wild when they get threatened.

They have a very nasty bite and can cause deep wounds on the finger if they would bite you.

Furthermore they hang on for several minutes when they got you.

But as they aren't the best jumpers it's normally nearly impossible that they get you.

Therefore you should only feed them with a long feeder forceps.