Limnodynastes

Taxobox | name = Limnodynastes

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = The Striped Marsh Frog ("Limnodynastes peronii")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Myobatrachidae
subfamilia = Limnodynastinae
genus = "Limnodynastes"
genus_authority = Fitzinger, 1843
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "See text"

"Limnodynastes" is a genus of frog native to Australia, southern New Guinea and some Torres Strait Islands. They are ground-dwelling frogs, with no toe pads. The size varies from 45 mm to 90 mm in the Giant Banjo Frog. The webbing on the feet ranges between species, from very little, to almost complete. The tympanum is not visible in any species, except in the Woodworker Frog, which is sometimes classed in a separate genus "Megistolotis". All species construct a foam nest in which the eggs are laid. However in south-eastern South Australia female Striped Marsh Frog and Spotted Grass Frog lack the flanges of skin on the hands that helps trap the air bubble and do not construct foam nests.

pecies

Following a major revision of amphibians in 2006 [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5781/1/B297.pdf] two species, Ornate Burrowing Frog, "Opisthodon ornatus" and Spencer’s Burrowing Frog, "Opisthodon spenceri", was moved to the resurrected genus "Opisthodon".