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Encyclopedia > Eastern Banjo Frog
Eastern Banjo Frog

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Suborder: Neobatrachia
Family: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Limnodynastes
Species: L. dumerilii
Binomial name
Limnodynastes dumerilii
(Peters, 1863)

The eastern banjo frog it is also commonly called the pobblebonk after its distinctive "bonk" call, is a frog species from the family Myobatrachidae. The frog occurs in Eastern Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. There are a number of subspecies each with different skin colouration. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x602, 176 KB) Eastern Banjo Frog, Pobblebonk, Limnodynastes dumerili, photographed in Swifts Creek Victoria. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... For other uses, see Amphibian (disambiguation). ... Suborders Archaeobatrachia Mesobatrachia Neobatrachia The Anura is the order of animals in the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads. ... Families Allophrynidae Arthroleptidae Brachycephalidae Bufonidae Centrolenidae Dendrobatidae Heleophrynidae Hemisotidae Hylidae Hyperoliidae Leptodactylidae Mantellidae Microhylidae Myobatrachidae Nasikabatrachidae Ranidae Rhacophoridae Rhinodermatidae Sooglossidae Neobatrachia are a suborder of order Anura, generally known as frogs and toads. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters (April 22, 1815 - April 20, 1883) was a German naturalist and explorer. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...


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Eastern Banjo Frog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (714 words)
The Eastern Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerilli, is a frog species from the family Myobatrachidae.
This subspecies occurs south of Jervis Bay, along the south coast of New South Wales, in eastern Victoria and throughout Tasmania.
In Western Australia the Western Banjo Frog, Limnodynastes dorsalis, is common around Perth.
Talk:Frog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (5883 words)
Frogs are known for their three-chambered heart, in which oxygenated blood from the lungs and de-oxygenated blood from the respiring tissues enters by separate atria, and is directed via a spiral valve to the appropriate vessel—aorta for oxygenated blood and pulmonary vein for deoxygenated blood.
It doesn't have to, illustrating the diversity of frogs is an impossible task in the bounds of this artilce.
Since this is the frog article, not the toad article, and the psychoactive chemicals are found in toads, I've moved the info to toad.
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