Kingdom Animalia Family Myobatrachidae Scientific name Lechriodus Rank Genus Subclass Lissamphibia | Suborder Neobatrachia Subfamily Limnodynastinae Phylum Chordata Order Frog | |
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Lower classifications Fletcher's frog, Lechriodus melanopyga, Lechriodus aganoposis, Lechriodus platyceps | ||
The Lechriodus is a genus of ground-dwelling from the family Myobatrachidae, native to eastern Australia and New Guinea. 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 on New Guinea (3 spp.) than in Australia (1 sp.).
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, due to which they are commonly known as cannibal frogs.
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