Platyplectrum melanopyga

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Wokan cannibal frog
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Platyplectrum melanopyga in Porotona, Milne Bay, Papua New-Guinea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Limnodynastidae
Genus: Platyplectrum
Species:
P. melanopyga
Binomial name
Platyplectrum melanopyga
(Doria, 1875)
Synonyms

Lechriodus melanopyga

Platyplectrum melanopyga, the Wokan cannibal frog, is a species of frog in the family Limnodynastidae. It is found in West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

It was classified in the former genus Lechriodus until its synonymization with Platyplectrum in 2021. [2]

As one of the most common amphibians of New Guinea, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and plantations.

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References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Lechriodus melanopyga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T57378A152547681. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T57378A152547681.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Platyplectrum Günther, 1863 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-08-15.