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Chalcorana chalconota is a species of "true frog", family Ranidae. It is endemic to Indonesia and occurs in southern Sumatra , Java , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Bali , and a few smaller islands. [ 1 ] Populations previously assigned to this species now belong to a number of other Chalcorana species, leading to the current delineation of Chalcorana chalconota ...
Swikee or Swike is a Chinese Indonesian frog leg dish. The dish can be served as soup, deep fried or stir fried frog legs. Originally a Chinese dish, this dish is popular in Indonesia. [1] The name "Swikee" is from Hokkian dialect (水 雞, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: súi-ke) sui (water) and ke (chicken), which is probably a euphemism to refer frogs as ...
Rhacophorus is a genus of frogs in the shrub-frog family Rhacophoridae, which, with the related Hylidae, is one of the two genera of true tree frogs. They are found in China, India, Japan, and throughout Southeast Asia, including the island of Borneo. Over 40 species are currently recognised. [1]
In Indonesian cuisine, frog-leg soup is known as swikee or swike, most probably brought by the Chinese community in Indonesia and popular in Chinese Indonesian cuisine. [9] Swikee is mainly frog-leg soup with a strong taste of garlic, gingers, and fermented soya beans ( tauco ), accompanied by celery or parsley leaves.
Theloderma margaritifer (Boulenger, 1882) [1] Nyctixalus margaritifer , also known as the Java Indonesian treefrog and pearly tree frog , is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is endemic to Java , Indonesia, where it is known from a number of records at elevations above 700 m (2,300 ft).
Indonesia is the world's largest exporter of frog meat, exporting more than 5,000 tonnes of frog meat each year, mostly to France, Belgium and Luxembourg. [217] Originally, they were supplied from local wild populations, but overexploitation led to a diminution in the supply.
Most species (e.g. Blyth's river frog L. blythii or the fanged river frog L. macrodon) develop normally, with free-swimming tadpoles that eat food. [5] The tadpoles of the corrugated frog (L. laticeps) are free-swimming but endotrophic, meaning they do not eat but live on stored yolk until metamorphosis into frogs. [5]
Rana (derived from Latin rana, meaning 'frog') is a genus of frogs commonly known as the Holarctic true frogs, pond frogs or brown frogs.Members of this genus are found through much of Eurasia and western North America.