Nutritional Freshwater Life
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Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% WW)
Moisture Protein Ash
Fats
77.85
19.46
1.28 1.06
Amino Acids (g/100 g
Protein or g/16 g N)
Lysine
5.74
Histidine
2.17
Arginine
7.33
Aspartic acid
10.23
Threonine
2.81
Serine
2.82
Glutamic acid
15.37
Proline
2.84
Glycine
4.46
Alanine
3.38
Cystine
1.38
Valine
5.05
Methionine
3.82
Isoleucine
4.12
Leucine
7.29
Tyrosine
3.65
Phenylalanine
5.14
Source: Data from Onadeko
et al. (2011).
Hoplobatrachus rugulosus Wiegmann 1834
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Common name: Chinese edible frog,
East Asian bullfrog, Taiwanese frog,
Chinese bullfrog.
Distribution: From central, southern,
and southwestern China, including
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau to
Myanmar through Thailand, Lao
People’s Democratic Republic, Vietnam,
and Cambodia south to the Thai-Malay
Peninsula (Diesmos et al., 2014).
Habitat: Paddy fields, irrigation infrastructure, fishponds, ditches, floodplain
wetlands, forest pools, and other wet
areas.
Description: It is a large, heavybodied species with distinct ridges
in the dorsal skin. It grows to a size
of 12 cm in snout-vent length. Body
is olive-brown or gray. Legs are powerful, and feet are fully webbed.
Underside is cream, sometimes with
dark spotting. Females are larger
than males. They are primarily insectivores (Naturalist.org; Reptiles and
Amphibians of Bangkok).
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Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% WW)
Moisture Protein Ash
Fats
77.85
19.46
1.28 1.06
Amino Acids (g/100 g
Protein or g/16 g N)
Lysine
5.74
Histidine
2.17
Arginine
7.33
Aspartic acid
10.23
Threonine
2.81
Serine
2.82
Glutamic acid
15.37
Proline
2.84
Glycine
4.46
Alanine
3.38
Cystine
1.38
Valine
5.05
Methionine
3.82
Isoleucine
4.12
Leucine
7.29
Tyrosine
3.65
Phenylalanine
5.14
Source: Data from Onadeko
et al. (2011).
Hoplobatrachus rugulosus Wiegmann 1834
Order: Anura
Family: Dicroglossidae
Common name: Chinese edible frog,
East Asian bullfrog, Taiwanese frog,
Chinese bullfrog.
Distribution: From central, southern,
and southwestern China, including
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau to
Myanmar through Thailand, Lao
People’s Democratic Republic, Vietnam,
and Cambodia south to the Thai-Malay
Peninsula (Diesmos et al., 2014).
Habitat: Paddy fields, irrigation infrastructure, fishponds, ditches, floodplain
wetlands, forest pools, and other wet
areas.
Description: It is a large, heavybodied species with distinct ridges
in the dorsal skin. It grows to a size
of 12 cm in snout-vent length. Body
is olive-brown or gray. Legs are powerful, and feet are fully webbed.
Underside is cream, sometimes with
dark spotting. Females are larger
than males. They are primarily insectivores (Naturalist.org; Reptiles and
Amphibians of Bangkok).