The fanged river frog, Javan giant frog, Malaya wart frog, or stone creek frog (''Limnonectes macrodon'') is a species of
frog in the family
Dicroglossidae endemic to
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
and
Java,
Indonesia. Records from other regions are probably caused by misidentifying other species such as ''
Limnonectes blythii'' as this species.
''L. macrodon'' frogs live in forested areas near streams; they breed in streams. Their lowland forest habitat is declining in both the extent and quality, and this once common species is getting uncommon.
It is widely collected for human consumption in Java, Indonesia, along with the
crab-eating frog (''Fejervarya cancrivora'').
[Kusrini, MD (2005)]
Edible frog harvesting in Indonesia: evaluating its impact and ecological context
Ph.D. dissertation, James Cook University.
References
Limnonectes
Amphibians of Indonesia
Endemic fauna of Indonesia
Fauna of Sumatra
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1841
Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron
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