Lechriodus
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 Fletcher's Frog (Lechriodus fletcheri)
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The Lechriodus is a genus of ground-dwelling from the Myobatrachidae family, native to eastern Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. They are medium sized frogs and the dorsal skin has a sandpaper like texture. They are unique amongst myobatrachids genera in that there is more species that occur in New Guinea (3) than in Australia (1). They inhabit rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests and are active after heavy rains in summer and rarely seen during drier conditions. Breeding takes place in temporary pools and small streams and the tadpoles as well as the frogs are noted for their cannibalistic behaviour.
[edit] Taxonomy
Lechriodus aganoposis (Zweifel, 1972)
Fletcher's Frog, Lechriodus fletcheri (Boulenger, 1890)
Wokan Cannibal Frog, Lechriodus melanopyga (Doria, 1875)
Arfak Cannibal Frog, Lechriodus platyceps (Parker, 1940)
