Murgon cannibal frog
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| phylum | Chordata | The Murgon Cannibal Frog is an extinct frog from the Eocene of Australia. It wasThe Murgon Cannibal Frog is an extinct frog from the Eocene of Australia. Close relatives in the genus Lechriodus still live in New Guinea and Australia, and, like them, the Murgon species would have lived in wet environments. The name "cannibal frog" refers to the fact that tadpoles, and occasionally adults, will eat smaller conspecifics. This behavior is not exclusive to the cannibal frogs.
Get back to Australian ground frogs |
| clade | Amphibia | |
| clade | Lissamphibia | |
| order | Anura | |
| family | Myobatrachidae | |
| genus | Lechriodus | |
| species | †L. casca | |
| Temporal range | Eocene |
