Chinese Edible Frog
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| Hoplobatrachus rugulosus (Wiegmann, 1834) |
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Rana tigrina ssp. pantherina Steindachner, 1867 |
The Chinese Edible Frog, East Asian Bullfrog, or Taiwanese Frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. 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 marches, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.
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- Diesmos, A., van Dijk, P.P., Inger, R., Iskandar, D., Lau, M.W.N., Ermi, Z., Shunqing, L., Baorong, G., Kuangyang, L., Zhigang, Y., Huiqing, G., Haitao, S. & Wenhao, C. 2004. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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