Giant banjo frog

Giant Banjo Frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Myobatrachidae
Subfamily: Limnodynastinae
Genus: Limnodynastes
Species: L. interioris
Binomial name
Limnodynastes interioris
Fry, 1913

The Giant Banjo Frog, Giant Bullfrog, or Great Bullfrog (Limnodynastes interioris) is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, water storage areas, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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