Hoplobatrachus chinensis (Wiegmann, 1834)

Cook-Price, Dawn R., Makchai, Sunchai, Hasin, Sasitorn & Suwanwaree, Pongthep, 2024, Amphibian survey of Ko Pha-gnan in Surat Thani Province, Thailand, ZooKeys 1207, pp. 167-183 : 167-183

Hoplobatrachus chinensis (Wiegmann, 1834)

Fig. 7 Chinese edible frog

Notes.

Individuals were sometimes found in or on the edge of small ponds or vernal water holes used by water buffalo in marshy fallow fields. It is often found in fresh food markets and has been farmed on the island.

Distribution.

The species was found near water bodies such as small ponds or standing water areas sporadically throughout the island. Individuals were observed in two of the eight areas in human habitat, two of the 13 areas in human-disturbed forest, and only two of the 11 areas surveyed in national park forest.

Figures

Figure 7. A Phrynoglossus martensii found in a water fountain at an abandoned party location in human-disturbed forest B Hoplobatrachus rugulosus at the edge of a small pond in a human-disturbed forest patch in human settlement.