East Asian bullfrog

Hoplobatrachus rugulosus

The Chinese edible frog, East Asian bullfrog, or Taiwanese frog is a species of frog in the Dicroglossidae 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 marshes, arable land, pasture land, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. They breed in spring–early summer.

The domesticated Thai variety and wild Chinese populations of ''H. rugulosus'' belong to two separate genetic lineages respectively. Yu et al. suggests that ''H. rugulosus'' may in fact be a cryptic species complex.
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Appearance

''H. rugulosus'' is a large, robust frog, up to 12 cm or more in snout-vent length. Females are larger than males. They are primarily insectivores.

Naming

The Chinese edible frog is commonly referred to as 田雞 or 虎皮蛙 in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and Chinese communities worldwide. In Filipino, they are called "palakang bukid," which means "frog of the field."

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyDicroglossidae
GenusHoplobatrachus
SpeciesH. rugulosus
Photographed in
Philippines