Limnonectes larvaepartus

Limnonectes larvaepartus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Genus: Limnonectes
Species:
L. larvaepartus
Binomial name
Limnonectes larvaepartus
Iskandar, Evans, and McGuire, 2014[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Limnonectes larviparus Inger & Voris, 2001
  • Limnonectes "ovovivipar" Iskandar & Tjan, 1996[1]
(a) Male (left) and female from Sulawesi;
(b) Female with tadpoles removed from the oviduct.
(c) Adult male calling by a stream; two tadpoles visible within the circle;
(d) dorsal and ventral views of tadpoles released by a female at the moment of capture

Limnonectes larvaepartus is a species of fanged frog in the family Dicroglossidae endemic to northern and western Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2] It is unique in that it has internal fertilization and gives live birth to tadpoles.[1] Other frog species that have live birth produce froglets.

  1. ^ a b c Iskandar, D. T.; Evans, B. J.; McGuire, J. A. (2014). "A novel reproductive mode in frogs: a new species of fanged frog with internal fertilization and birth of tadpoles". PLOS ONE. 9 (12): e115884. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k5884I. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115884. PMC 4281041. PMID 25551466.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).