Woodworth's frog

Limnonectes woodworthi

Limnonectes woodworthi
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dicroglossidae
Subfamily:	Dicroglossinae
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.^[1]

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1 2 Arvin Diesmos, Angel Alcala, Rafe Brown, Leticia Afuang, Genevieve Gee, Katie Hampson, Mae Leonida Diesmos, Aldrin Mallari, Perry Ong, Marisol Pedregosa, Dondi Ubaldo, Baldwin Gutierrez. (2004). Limnonectes woodworthi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004 doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41234A10421126.en

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