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A three-legged money toad. The Jin Chan (Chinese: 金蟾; pinyin: jīn chán; lit. 'Golden Toad'), also called Chan Chuy (Chinese: 蟾蜍; pinyin: chánchú; lit. 'Toad') or "Zhaocai Chan Chu" (Chinese: 招财蟾蜍; pinyin: zhāocái chánchú; lit. 'wealth-beckoning toad'), is most commonly translated as "Money Toad" or "Money Frog".
Quasipaa spinosa is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is known under many common names, including Chinese spiny frog, giant spiny frog, Chinese edible frog, and spiny paa frog. [2] Its names refer to the distinctive characteristics of the species, relatively large size and the spiny chest of male frogs.
The medium-sized frogs are sold as pets in pet stores, and the smaller variant is sold as live food for arowanas or other predator fish. They are widely farmed in Sichuan, China, Malaysia, and Thailand. These frogs, though much smaller than their Western counterparts, are used by Chinese to cook frog legs and by Filipinos who cook them for ...
Quasipaa shini (common names: spiny-flanked frog, Chinese paa frog) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to southern central China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, and Chongqing). [2] Its natural habitats are rivers in subtropical moist lowland forests and montane forest at elevations of 510–1,500 m (1,670–4,920 ft) asl.
The giant panda is endemic to China, where it is an endangered and protected species. The snub-nosed monkey, another endangered and endemic species. China's vast and diverse landscape is home to a profound variety and abundance of wildlife.
China is home to 346 species of amphibian. [1] China's amphibian diversity is greater than any other country in the Old World, and it is the 5th in the whole world.China's amphibian fauna includes an important element of widespread, generally non-threatened species though 27.3% of amphibian species are extinct or threatened and because conservation assessments of Chinese amphibians have only ...
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Zhangixalus omeimontis are moderately large frogs: males grow to a snout–vent length of about 59 mm (2.3 in) and females to 76 mm (3.0 in). [3] Maximum sizes can be even higher, reaching at least 70 mm (2.8 in) in males and 84 mm (3.3 in) in females. [4] They tend to be bigger and older at cooler sites (i.e., at higher altitudes).