| Limnonectes | |
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| Fanged river frog (Limnonectes macrodon) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Dicroglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Dicroglossinae |
| Genus: | Limnonectes Fitzinger, 1843 |
| Species | |
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More than 90, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Taylorana Dubois, 1986 | |
Limnonectes is a genus of fork-tongued frogs of 91 known species, but new ones are still being described occasionally.[1][2] They are collectively known as fanged frogs because they tend to have unusually large teeth, which are small or absent in other frogs.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2024). "Limnonectes Fitzinger, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ Stuart, Bryan L.; Schoen, Sara N.; Nelson, Emma E.M.; Maher, Heather; Neang, Thy; Rowley, Jodi J.L.; Mcleod, David S. (2020-12-10). "A new fanged frog in the Limnonectes kuhlii complex (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from northeastern Cambodia". Zootaxa. 4894 (3): 451–473. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4894.3.11. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311078. S2CID 229178977.