Is the stone frog a protected animal? Is the stone frog a national protected animal?

The wild stone frog is a national second-class protected animal

Stone frog, also known as (spiny breasted frog), is a unique and precious product in the mountainous areas of southern China, lives in clear flowing mountain spring water, and feeds on active earthworms, shrimps, crabs, snails, moths, mosquitoes and other insects. The stone frog has a large body and a lot of meat, delicate and delicious, rich in nutrition, and has important edible, health and medicinal value, and it is the most flavorful and nutritious frog species among all frogs. Frog meat contains high protein, glucose, amino acids, iron, calcium, phosphorus and a variety of vitamins, low fat and cholesterol content, has always been a natural high-grade nourishing green food in the banquet, and is known as the "king of frogs" by gourmets.

Stone frogs are not protected animals and can be farmed as a breeding project. Stone frogs belong to special breeding, and need to apply for a special breeding certificate, the following are the materials required:

1) Proof of funds;

2) Proof of venue (legal);

3) Feed**;

4) Epidemic prevention facilities;

5) Proof of identity of the person in charge;

7) Have more than 2 animal husbandry technician titles, more than 4 animal husbandry technician titles, and the original and copy of the qualification certificate.

Take the above materials to the county-level forestry department to fill in the wild animal domestication and breeding license and the wild animal and its products business and utilization license**, by the county-level forestry department to review, seal, report to the Municipal Forestry Bureau, the Municipal Forestry Bureau review and seal after reporting to the Provincial Forestry Department for processing.

Regarding sales, small farms can apply for the "Industrial and Commercial Business License", which can be consulted with the local county and city industrial and commercial bureaus or township industrial and commercial offices.

The stone frog is a national protected animal and a second-class protected animal in China. The body length of the stone frog is 123 mm, and the body length of the female frog is about 131 mm, and the head width is greater than the head length. The snout is rounded, highlighting the lower lip; The snout edge is not obvious; The cheeks are slightly sloping outward; nostrils between the eyes of the snout, slightly closer to the eyes; tympanic membrane faintly visible; vomer teeth strong, sloping from the medial side of the medial nostril to the midline, and the posterior end of the dentition is narrowly spaced; The tongue is ovate, and the posterior end is not deeply notched.

The forelimbs of the stone frog are stout, and the forearms and hands are nearly half the length of the body; The forearms of male frogs are particularly stout, the widest is up to the left and right of the body length, the fingers are slightly flattened, and the finger ends are rounded.

The living habits of the stone frog. Stone frogs live at an altitude of 600-1500m near mountain streams. During the day, they mostly hide in stone crevices or stone caves, and squatting on rocks or between stones at night, and there is generally no escape phenomenon after seeing the electric light.

There are many mountain streams in Miaowan in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian, and its environment is suitable for the growth of the frog, and the adult frogs in each mountain stream were observed in early June, all of them were more active, and the sound of chirping was heard at the same time, and the number of frogs was very large at this stage; In early July, you can see a group of eggs under the rocks in the creek, and in mid-September, you can hear the whining of male frogs.

The stone frog is a national second-class protected animal, and selling more than two can be sentenced to several years.

The stone frog is a national protected animal.

The wild stone frog is a national second-class key protected animal. Wild stone frog is one of the wild animals with important ecological, scientific and social value protected by the state, and it is strictly forbidden to capture and eat.

The stone frog, also known as the spiny-breasted frog, is included in the "List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State and Beneficial or with Important Economic and Scientific Research Value", and the 2012 IUCN Red List of Endangered Species - Vulnerable.

Habits

Stone frogs often inhabit the clear puddles of Yinshan Mountain or near the waterfall with stone caves, like to burrow under the damp and quiet, less light, near the water source, and shady mountain rock walls, usually frogs often lie at the mouth of the stone cave or put their heads out of the water to breathe and feed, if disturbed, they quickly dive into the stone cave or stone rock, under the stone wall or in the water.

Stone frogs have the habit of living in groups and foraging at night, often several stone frogs or dozens of them are piled together to live together, in a quiet and suitable environment, they also come out of the burrow to forage during the day, and the night is the peak period of activity. Good at jumping and climbing, usually weak and stable activities, in the peak breeding period, frequent activities, with chirping and dragging behaviors.

The stone frog is a national second-class protected animal.

Although the stone frog is a protected animal, it is only wild that the stone frog cannot be caught, and the second and third generations of artificially bred children can be bought and sold in food.

Stone Frog Introduction

The scientific name of the stone frog is the spiny-breasted frog, also known as the stone clam, the stone pheasant, the pheasant, etc., and is an animal of the amphibian tailless frog family. The dorsal surface is black-brown or brownish-yellow, with dark brown transverse stripes between the eyes, and a deep longitudinal stripe from the snout to the ventral side of the temporal fold, and most specimens have irregular light spots on the back, some of which are arranged in rows along both sides of the dorsal midline; A few males have a light-colored ridge from the snout to the anterior anus.

Most specimens had a pair of light-colored longitudinal stripes from the back of the eyes to the crotch; The black-brown horizontal stripes on the back of the limbs reach the tips of the fingers and toes. The ventral surface is flesh-colored, with small grayish-brown cloud spots. It likes active animals, does not eat dead or immobile food, and in its natural state, likes to eat earthworms, maggots, grasshoppers, ants, loaches, river crabs, mole crickets and other live bait.

The sensory cells on the retina of the stone frog are particularly sensitive to moving objects, and live animals are its feeding objects, but they are not sensitive to dead objects, and have no feeding behavior. The feeding time of stone frogs is affected by the climate and environment, and the feeding activity period is from March to November under natural conditions, and a few frogs come out of the burrows and feed after the Qingming Festival of the lunar calendar, and the temperature is suitable from April to June, and the feeding increases.

From July to August, the temperature is too high, the feeding activity decreases, the day is mostly secluded in the cave, and the evening night feeds one after another, the temperature from September to October changes from high to low, and the feeding amount increases relatively, and the feeding activity decreases after November, when the outside temperature drops below 10 degrees Celsius, it stops feeding and enters hibernation.