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Limnonectes fujianensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Limnonectes

Higher classification
  
Limnonectes

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Dicroglossidae

Scientific name
  
Limnonectes fujianensis

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Frog, Limnonectes, Kuhl's creek frog, Amphibians, True frog

Limnonectes fujianensis (Fujian large-headed frog) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. It is most closely related to, and formerly confused with Limnonectes kuhlii. Its name refers to the type locality in Fujian province of China. It is also found in Hunan, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi in China as well as in Taiwan. and other sources give a somewhat broader distribution.

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Limnonectes fujianensis is a medium-sized frog, males being 54 mm (2.1 in) and females 48 mm (1.9 in) snout-vent length. Its natural habitats are moist lowland forests, moist montane forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, open excavations, and canals and ditches.

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References

Limnonectes fujianensis Wikipedia