Limnodynastidae

Limnodynastidae Temporal range: Early Eocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Western spotted frog (Heleioporus albopunctatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Superfamily:	Myobatrachoidea
Family:	Limnodynastidae Lynch, 1969
Genera
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Limnodynastidae, commonly known as the Australian ground frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands. They were formerly considered a subfamily of the Myobatrachidae, the other large radiation of terrestrial frogs in Australia, but are now considered a distinct family. Both Limnodynastidae and Myobatrachidae are thought to be the only members of the superfamily Myobatrachoidea. ^[1]

The earliest fossils of this group are of Platypectrum casca from the Early Eocene. ^[2]

Taxonomy

The following genera are recognised in the family Limnodynastidae:

Species	Common name	Genus
1	Tusked frogs	Adelotus Ogilby, 1907
6	Giant burrowing frogs	Heleioporus Gray, 1841
11	Australian swamp frogs	Limnodynastes Fitzinger, 1843
9	Stubby frogs	Neobatrachus Peters, 1863
4	Australian spadefoot toads	Notaden Günther, 1873
7	Mountain frogs	Philoria Spencer, 1901
6	Cannibal frogs (in part)	Platyplectrum Günther, 1863

References

1. "Limnodynastidae Lynch, 1969 | Amphibian Species of the World". research.amnh.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
2. Farman, roy M.; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J. (2025). "Early Eocene pelodryadid from the Tingamarra Local Fauna, Murgon, southeastern Queensland, Australia, and a new fossil calibration for molecular phylogenies of frogs". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 0: e2477815. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2025.2477815 . ISSN   0272-4634.