Limnonectes fujianensis

{{Short description|Species of frog}}

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| name = Fujian large-headed frog

| image = Big-headed Frog (Limnonectes fujianensis) 大頭蛙5.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Limnonectes fujianensis |volume=2020 |page=e.T58335A63847624 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T58335A63847624.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Limnonectes fujianensis

| authority = Ye & Fei, 1994

| synonyms =

}}

Fujian large-headed frog (Limnonectes fujianensis) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. 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.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Limnonectes/Limnonectes-fujianensis |title=Limnonectes fujianensis Ye and Fei, 1994 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=19 April 2014}} Other sources give a somewhat broader distribution.{{cite book |title=Atlas of Amphibians of China |last=Fei |first=L. |year=1999 |publisher=Henan Press of Science and Technology |location=Zhengzhou | language = Chinese |isbn=7-5349-1835-9 |page=202}}

Limnonectes fujianensis is a medium-sized frog, males being {{convert|54|mm|abbr=on}} and females {{convert|48|mm|abbr=on}} snout-vent length. Its natural habitats are moist lowland forests, moist montane forest, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, open excavations, and canals and ditches.