Fanged river frog

"Stone creek frog" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Stony creek frog.
Limnonectes macrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
Genus: Limnonectes
Species: L. macrodon
Binomial name
Limnonectes macrodon
(Duméril & Bibron, 1841)

The fanged river frog, Javan giant frog, Malaya wart frog, or stone creek frog (Limnonectes macrodon) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family endemic to Sumatra and Java, Indonesia. Records from other regions are probably caused by misidentifying other species such as Limnonectes blythii as this species.[2]

L. macrodon frogs live in forested areas near streams; they breed in streams. Their lowland forest habitat is declining in both the extent and quality, and this once common species is getting uncommon.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Iskandar, D.; Mumpuni, Das; I., Shrestha, T.K. & Ohler, A. (2004). "Limnonectes macrodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Limnonectes macrodon (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
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