Real Frog : East Asian Bullfrog - Rana rugulosa (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) specimen encased in clear lucite material. Safe, authentic and completely unbreakable product put real Frog right at your fingertips!

You can explore the Frog from every angle .

It is clear enough for microscope observation.

Length of the Frog body is 2.3 cm(0.9 inch).

Size of the lucite block is 7.3x4.0x2.5 cm (2.9x1.6x1.0 inch).

Each one comes with a cardboard box for easy storage.

Weight of the block is 100 g and 125 g with the box.

This is a handmade real animal specimen craft. Each one will be a bit different (specimen size, color and posture) even in the same production batch.
The pictures in the listing are just for reference as we are selling multiple pieces with same pictures.

It is an ideal learning aid for students and kids and also a very good collectible item.

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East Asian Bullfrog - Rana rugulosa (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)

Also called Chinese Edible Frog, Chinese Bullfrog, East Asian Bullfrog, or Taiwanese Frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus).

Description: A very large frog, second in size only to Rana spinosa, up to 12.5 cm or more in length. Olive-brown in colour, with scattered, black spots. Dorsum with many elongated wrinkles. Lips ornamented with broad, black bars. Is like an enlarged version of R. limnocharis, but can easily be distinguished from the latter by the much larger size, stocky body build, strongly tapering snout and the large eyes, which are set very close together dorsally. Flanks spotted, resembling leopard skin. A skin fold extends from behind each eye to the shoulder. Underside white. Throat with dark mottling.

Habits and habitat: Its habitat is almost identical with that of R. limnocharis, but this large species requires deeper water, and is much less common for several reasons: (1) habitat destruction (this species may be more dependent on rice paddies than R. limnocharis); (2) is relished as a food delicacy locally; (3) the widespread use of insecticide in modern farming methods. Primarily a lowland species, but has been seen in paddy areas at higher elevations, up to about 450 m.

Diet: Feeds mostly on large insects, but also on small rodents and small frogs. The gut contents of some specimens were found to contain partially digested mice.

Reproduction: Breeding season commences in early spring. Tadpoles brownish and large, 5 cm or more in total length. Young frogs about 2.5 cm at metamorphosis.

Distribution: 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.

Diagnostic features: Skin wrinkled; with large, irregularly scattered black spots; tapering snout; lips with broad, black bars; checkered spotting on the flanks.

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. They are widely farmed in Sichuan, China, Malaysia, and Thailand.

These frogs, though much smaller than their Western counterparts, are used by the Chinese to cook frog legs and the Filipinos who cook them using the adobo method. 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.

Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a broad range of habitats, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.