Luzon fanged frog
| Limnonectes macrocephalus | |
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| Limnonectes macrocephalus | |
| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Limnonectes |
| Species: | L. macrocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Limnonectes macrocephalus (Inger, 1954) | |
The Luzon fanged frog (Limnonectes macrocephalus) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, coastal freshwater lagoons, arable land, pastureland, and plantations . It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
Sources
- Diesmos, A., Alcala, A., Brown, R., Afuang, L., Gee, G., Hampson, K., Diesmos, M.L., Mallari, A., Ong, P., Pedregosa, M., Ubaldo, D. & Gutierrez, B. 2004. Limnonectes macrocephalus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.