Beelzebufo ampinga
Taxon
Beelzebufo ampinga Evans et al., 2008
Reconstructed length
20 cm (8 inches)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2018, revised 2026
Clade
- Gnathostomata
- Tetrapoda
- Anura
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A large frog from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, it was nicknamed the “devil frog” and is related to living South American horned frogs. Beelzebufo had a broad, heavily ossified skull — its trivial name means “shield” — and its mouth had a wide gape suited to being an ambush predator.
