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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.
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.
Limnonectes megastomias is a robust, very large-headed fanged frog. Adult males range from 40 to 123.7 mm SVL and the females measure 53.5 – 86.3 mm SVL. The head is somewhat longer than wide, and males have larger heads (41-56% of SVL) than females (39-45% of SVL). Males also have thick, elongated odontoid processes, which act as “fangs.”
Online newspaper Haaretz quoted one of the researchers behind the fanged frog finding, Jim McGuire. He also made the frog-human comparison, albeit he was as dramatic as we were:
Limnonectes bannaensis (vernacular name: Banna large-headed frog) is a species of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in southern China (southern and western Yunnan , southwestern and southeastern Guangxi , and western and central Guangdong ), Laos , Thailand and Vietnam .
In a garage in central Ecuador, a six-eyed creature went about its day — or tried to. Something about the fanged animal caught the attention of visiting scientists. It turned out to be a new ...
Limnonectes beloncioi, also known as the Mindoro fanged frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. [2] [3] It is endemic to the Philippines and currently known from Mindoro and Semirara Islands. It is morphologically similar, previously confused with, and closely related to Limnonectes acanthi.
The second species, named Macrothele nullispine, is brown in color and measures only about one-third of an inch long. It also has hairy legs, dozens of tiny teeth and dwells in similar locations ...