Woodworth's frog

Limnonectes woodworthi
Limnonectes woodworthi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Limnonectes
Species: L. woodworthi
Binomial name
Limnonectes woodworthi
(Taylor, 1923)
Synonyms

Rana woodworthi Taylor, 1923

The Woodworth's Frog (Limnonectes woodworthi) is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, coastal freshwater lagoons, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

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