Limnonectes grunniens

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Limnonectes grunniens |volume=2020 |page=e.T58336A114920867 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58336A114920867.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| taxon = Limnonectes grunniens

| authority = (Latreille, 1801)

| synonyms = Rana grunniens Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801

Rana subsaltans Gravenhorst, 1829

Rana hydromedusa Tschudi, 1838

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Limnonectes grunniens (common name: Amboina wart frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Sulawesi, Molucca Islands, and New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dicroglossidae/Dicroglossinae/Limnonectes/Limnonectes-grunniens |title=Limnonectes grunniens (Latreille, 1801) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=7 April 2014}} Frogs from Sulawesi may represent a different, undescribed species.

Limnonectes grunniens is a semi-aquatic frog living and breeding near and in streams, swamps, and pools in tropical rainforest. It can also be found in rural gardens and degraded forests. It is collected for human consumption, which may locally threaten it.

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