Foam-nesting Ground Frogs
Limnodynastidae
Myobatrachidae, commonly known as Australian ground frogs or Australian water frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia and New Guinea. Members of this family vary greatly in size, from species less than 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long, to the second-largest frog in Australia, the giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus), at 12 cm (4.7 in) in length. The entire family is either terrestrial or aquatic frogs, with no arboreal species.
7 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 46 known species
Banjo and Marsh Frogs
genusLimnodynastes
Cannibal and Burrowing Frogs
genusPlatyplectrum
Trilling Frogs
genusNeobatrachus
Heleioporus Burrowing Frogs
genusHeleioporus
Tusked Frogs
genusAdelotus
Spadefoot Frogs
genusNotaden
Australian Mountain Frogs
genusPhiloria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 22026.