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Bruno's casque headed frog

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Aparasphenodon

Higher classification
  
Aparasphenodon

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Hylidae

Scientific name
  
Aparasphenodon brunoi

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Aparasphenodon, Corythomantis greeningi, Frog, Amphibians, Hylidae

Bruno's casque-headed frog (Aparasphenodon brunoi) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. Endemic to Brazil, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Unlike poison dart frogs which merely secrete venom from their skin, this species is equipped with skull spines capable of injecting venom into other animals or human hands via headbutting, a tactic it shares with Corythomantis greeningi. The venom of A. brunoi is estimated to be 25 times as toxic as that of local fer-de-lance pit vipers.

References

Bruno's casque-headed frog Wikipedia