Small disked frog

The small disked frog or swamp frog (Limnonectes leytensis) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Small disked frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Limnonectes
Species:
L. leytensis
Binomial name
Limnonectes leytensis
(Boettger, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Hylarana mindanensis Girard, 1853
  • Rana leytensis Boettger, 1893

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, coastal freshwater lagoons, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Limnonectes leytensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T41231A114914662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T41231A114914662.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.


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