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Giant Visayan frog

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Limnonectes

Higher classification
  
Limnonectes

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Dicroglossidae

Scientific name
  
Limnonectes visayanus

Rank
  
Species

Giant Visayan frog cdn1arkiveorgmedia686876F0B36C7A43FFBF7E6

Similar
  
Limnonectes, Frog, Giant Philippine frog, Amphibians, Woodworth's frog

The Giant Visayan frog (Limnonectes visayanus) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines, and is known from Masbate, Cebu, Negros, Guimaras, Panay, and Siquijor islands.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Giant Visayan frog Wikipedia