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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Genus: | Limnonectes |
| Species: | L. leytensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Limnonectes leytensis (Boettger, 1893) | |
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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
- Diesmos, A.; Alcala, A.; Brown, R.; Afuang, L.; Dolino, C.; Gee, G.; Hampson, K.; Diesmos, M.L.; Mallari, A.; Ong, P.; Paguntalan, L.; Pedregosa, M.; Ubaldo, D.; Gutierrez, B. (2004). "Limnonectes leytensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T41231A10420517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41231A10420517.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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