Rana chensinensis

The Asiatic grass frog or Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae, found in China and Mongolia.[2]

Asiatic grass frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Rana
Species:
R. chensinensis
Binomial name
Rana chensinensis
David, 1875

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

This frog is noted in Chinese agriculture for its strong preying performance on pests. A study conducted in Qingyuan County during the years 1982 and 1983 found that breeding the frogs decreased both the use of pesticides and the pollution in the environment.[3]

Within China, fatty tissue close to the frog's fallopian tubes are used to make Hasma, a dessert ingredient and traditional medicine.[4]

References
  1. Sergius Kuzmin; Masafumi Matsui; Zhao Wenge; Vladimir Ishchenko; Natalia Ananjeva; Nikolai Orlov (2004). "Rana chensinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58572A11805122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58572A11805122.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Rana chensinensis David, 1875". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  3. Li, Wenhua (2001). Agro-ecological Farming Systems in China. Taylor & Francis. pp. 195–6. ISBN 978-92-3-103784-9.
  4. Deutsch, Jonathan; Murakhver, Natalya (2012). They Eat That?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Weird and Exotic Food from Around the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-313-38058-7.


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