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Kuhl's creek frog

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Limnonectes

Higher classification
  
Limnonectes

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Dicroglossidae

Scientific name
  
Limnonectes kuhlii

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Frog, Limnonectes, Amphibians, True frog, Limnonectes fujianensis

The Kuhl's creek frog or large-headed frog (Limnonectes kuhlii) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. L. kuhlii was once believed to have a broad distribution in Northeast India (Assam) and Southeast Asia, but a phylogenetic analysis in 2010 demonstrated that there were at least 16 morphologically similar, but genetically distinct evolutionary lineages subsumed under the name. Already, several populations that were previously identified as L. kuhlii have been formally described as new species: L. fujianensis and L. bannaensis of China, L. jarujini, L. taylori, and L. isanensis of Thailand, and L. sisikdagu from Indonesia. The original specimen of L. kuhlii was found in Java, and that is the only area where the "true" species occurs with certainty.

Phylogeny

Below is a phylogeny of species within the L. kuhlii species complex (McLeod, et. al 2015).

References

Kuhl's creek frog Wikipedia