Chinese edible frog

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Chinese edible frog - Wikipedia

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Chinese edible frog

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Dicroglossidae
Genus:	Hoplobatrachus
Species:	H. chinensis
Binomial name
*Hoplobatrachus chinensis* (Osbeck, 1765)
Synonyms
Hoplobatrachus rugulosus (Wiegmann, 1834) Rana tigrina ssp. pantherina Steindachner, 1867

The Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis), also known as East Asian bullfrog and Taiwanese frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pasture land, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.^[1] They breed in spring to early summer.^[2]

The domesticated Thai variety and wild Chinese populations of H. chinensis belong to two separate genetic lineages respectively.^[3] Yu et al. (2015) suggest that H. chinensis may in fact be a cryptic species complex.^[3]

Description

H. chinensis is a large, robust frog, up to 12 centimetres (4+1⁄2 inches) or more in snout-vent length.^[2] Females are larger than males. They are primarily insectivores.^[4]

Usage

The frogs are commonly found in wet markets, seafood markets, and pet stores. In wet markets, they are usually sold per piece or per kilogram. The medium-sized frogs are sold as pets in pet stores, and the smaller variant is sold as live food for arowanas or other predator fish. They are widely farmed in Sichuan, China, Malaysia, and Thailand.

These frogs, though much smaller than their Western counterparts, are used by Chinese to cook frog legs and by Filipinos who cook them for adobo dishes. The frog's forelimbs and hind legs are fried in oil, while in the adobo method (in which the entire frog is utilized), they are cooked in soy sauce and vinegar.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hoplobatrachus rugulosus.

^ ^a ^b Arvin Diesmos, Peter Paul van Dijk, Robert Inger, Djoko Iskandar, Michael Wai Neng Lau, Zhao Ermi, Lu Shunqing, Geng Baorong, Lue Kuangyang, Yuan Zhigang, Gu Huiqing, Shi Haitao, Chou Wenhao (2004). "Hoplobatrachus rugulosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58300A11760194. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58300A11760194.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b Lue, Kuang-Yang. "Hoplobatrachus rugulosus". BiotaTaiwanica. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b Yu D, Zhang J, Li P, Zheng R, Shao C (2015) Do Cryptic Species Exist in Hoplobatrachus rugulosus? An Examination Using Four Nuclear Genes, the Cyt b Gene and the Complete MT Genome. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0124825. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124825
^ Lin, Z.; Ji, X. (2005). "Sexual dimorphism in morphological traits and food habits in tiger frogs, Hoplobatrachus rugulosus in Lishui, Zhejiang" (PDF). Zoological Research. 26 (3): 255–262.

Taxon identifiers
Hoplobatrachus rugulosus	Wikidata: Q711322 Wikispecies: Hoplobatrachus chinensis ADW: Hoplobatrachus_rugulosus AmphibiaWeb: 4714 ASW: Hoplobatrachus-rugulosus BOLD: 195648 CoL: 6MC5T EoL: 320015 GBIF: 2430382 GISD: 2010 iNaturalist: 65541 ITIS: 774136 IUCN: 58300 NCBI: 110072 Open Tree of Life: 214645 WoRMS: 1458139
Rana rugulosa	Wikidata: Q106446879 CoL: 6WQX3 GBIF: 2430386 ITIS: 776169 WoRMS: 1458138