:Limnodynastes

{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}}

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| image = Limnodynastes_peronii.jpg

| image_caption = The striped marsh frog (Limnodynastes peronii)

| taxon = Limnodynastes

| authority = Fitzinger, 1843

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 11, See text

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Limnodynastes (commonly known as the Australian swamp frogs) is a genus of frog native to Australia, southern New Guinea and some Torres Strait Islands. They are ground-dwelling frogs, with no toe pads. The size varies from 45 mm to 90 mm in the giant banjo frog. The webbing on the feet ranges between species, from very little, to almost complete. The tympanum is not visible in any species, except in the woodworker frog, which is sometimes classed in a separate genus Megistolotis. All species construct a foam nest in which the eggs are laid. However, in south-eastern South Australia female striped marsh frog and spotted grass frog lack the flanges of skin on the hands that helps trap the air bubble and do not construct foam nests.

Species

Following a major revision of amphibians in 2006,{{cite journal|last1=Frost|first1= D. R.|last2= Grant|first2= T.|last3= Faivovich|first3= J.|last4= Bain|first4= R. H.|last5=Haas|first5=A. |last6=Haddad|first6= C. F.|year=2006|title= The amphibian tree of life|journal= Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|volume= 297|number=297|pages= 1–370|doi= 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2|url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5781/1/B297.pdf|display-authors=etal}} two species, the ornate burrowing frog, Opisthodon ornatus and Spencer's burrowing frog, Opisthodon spenceri, were moved to the resurrected genus Opisthodon. This reduced the number of member species to eleven.

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!Common name!!Binomial name

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|Marbled frog

Limnodynastes convexiusculus {{small|(Macleay, 1878)}}
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|Flat-headed frog

Limnodynastes depressus {{small|Tyler, 1976}}
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|Western banjo frog
or Pobblebonk

Limnodynastes dorsalis {{small|(Gray, 1841)}}
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|Eastern banjo frog

Limnodynastes dumerilii {{small|Peters, 1863}}
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|Long-thumbed frog

Limnodynastes fletcheri {{small|Boulenger, 1888}}
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|Giant banjo frog

Limnodynastes interioris {{small|Fry, 1913}}
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|Woodworker frog

Limnodynastes lignarius {{small|(Tyler, Martin, and Davies, 1979)}}
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|Striped marsh frog
or brown-striped frog

Limnodynastes peronii {{small|(Duméril and Bibron, 1841)}}
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|Salmon-striped frog

Limnodynastes salmini {{small|Steindachner, 1867}}
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|Spotted grass frog

Limnodynastes tasmaniensis {{small|Günther, 1858}}
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|Northern banjo frog

Limnodynastes terraereginae {{small|Fry, 1915}}

References