Limnodynastes dumerilii
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Limnodynastes dumerilii is a frog species from the family Limnodynastidae.[2] The informal names for the species and its subspecies include eastern or southern banjo frog, and bull frog.[3][4] The frog is also called the pobblebonk after its distinctive "bonk" call, which is likened to a banjo string being plucked. There are five subspecies of L. dumerilii, each with different skin coloration. The species is native to eastern Australia. There has been one occurrence in New Zealand, when tadpoles of the species were found in 1999 and destroyed.[5][6]
Limnodynastes dumerilii | |
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Eastern banjo frog (Limnodynastes dumerilii dumerilii) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Limnodynastidae |
Genus: | Limnodynastes |
Species: | L. dumerilii |
Binomial name | |
Limnodynastes dumerilii Peters, 1863 | |
Subspecies | |
L. d. dumerilii | |
Distribution of the Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilii dumerilii in blue; Limnodynastes dumerilii grayi in red; Limnodynastes dumerilii insularis in green; Limnodynastes dumerilii fryi in pink and Limnodynastes dumerilii variegata in yellow. This is a general distribution map and it is possible for an overlap of about 5% of the range of sub-species adjacent to each other. |