Crab-eating Frog
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 Fejervarya cancrivora from Bogor, West Java
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| Fejervarya cancrivora (Gravenhorst, 1829) |
The Crab-eating Frog (Fejervarya cancrivora formerly Rana cancrivora), is a frog native to south-eastern Asia including the Philippines and more rarely as far west as Orissa in India6. It inhabits mangrove swamps and marshes and is the only known modern amphibian which can tolerate salt water. It is locally favored for its eating quality and is often farmed for its edible legs. Call described as …dododododok …dododok.
This frog can tolerate marine environments (immersion in sea water for brief periods or brackish water for extended periods) by increasing urea production and retention, and also by remaining slightly hyperosmotic within urea and sodium flux3,4,5.
[edit] References
- Berry, P.Y. 1975. The Amphibian Fauna of Peninsular Malaysia. Tropical Press, Kuala Lumpur.
- Inger, R.F. 1966. The Systematics and Zoogeography of The Amphibia of Borneo. FMNH, Chicago.
- Inger, R.F. and R.B. Stuebing, 1997. A Field guide to The Frogs of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn.Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
- Iskandar, D.T. 1998. Amfibi Jawa dan Bali. Puslitbang Biologi LIPI, Bogor.
- Iskandar, D.T. and E. Colijn. 2000. Preliminary Checklist of Southeast Asian and New Guinean Herpetfauna. I. Amphibians. Treubia Vol 31 Part 3 (Suppl.):1-133, Dec. 2000.
[edit] External links
- Crab-eating Frog at frogweb.org [1]
- Crab-eating Frog at Ecology Asia [2]
- KIDNEY FUNCTION IN THE CRAB-EATING FROG [3]
- Water uptake by the crab-eating frog [4]
- Morphology of the Skin Glands of the Crab-eating Frog [5]
- Rare species of frog, snake in Orissa (June 2007)[6]
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