Frogs in Caraga Region

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www.savethefrogs.com/why-frogs/ Here’s the vital reason why we need to save the frogs:

 Frogs

Mindanao Horned Frog Megophrys Stejnegeri

are an integral part of the food web. Tadpoles keep waterways clean by feeding on algae. Adult frogs eat large quantities of insects, including disease vectors that can transmit fatal illnesses to humans (i.e. mosquitoes/ malaria/dengue). Frogs also serve as an important food source to a diverse array of predators, including dragonflies, fish, snakes, birds, beetles, centipedes and even monkeys.

 Frogs

are bioindicators. Frogs are considered accurate indicators of environmental stress: the health of frogs is thought to be indicative of the health of the biosphere as a whole.

SOME FROGS IN CARAGA REGION

 Frogs Asiatic Tree Frog Rhacophorus bimaculatus

are important in medical research that benefits humans. Frogs produce a wide array of skin secretions, many of which have significant potential to improve human health through their use as pharmaceuticals.

 Frogs are sound cool and kids love them -- so there are lots of reasons to save the frogs!

DENR Regional Office XIII

Brgy. Ambago, Butuan City, 8600 Website: http://caraga.denr.gov.ph/ E-mail: denrcaraga@yahoo.com or pmd.misss@gmail.com

Regional Public Affairs Office White-lipped Tree Frog Polypedates leucomystax

Tel. No.: (085) 341-32-29 Some Frogs in Caraga Region ♥ January 2016 / jsn http://issuu.com/cdo-caraga

DENR-Caraga


Big-eyed frog Hylarana grandocula

Cane toad Rhinella marina

Mindanao Splash Frog Staurois natator

Crab-eating frog Fejervarya cancrivora

Giant Philippine Frog Limnonectes magnus

Rough-back forest frog Platymantis corrugatus

Puddle frog juv. Occidozyga laevis

Brow-eyed tree frog Rough-back forest frog Rhacophorus appendiculatus Platymantis corrugatus

Puddle frog Occidozyga laevis

Asian Grass Frog Fejervarya limnocharis

Crab-eating frog Fejervarya cancrivora

Mottled Tree Frog Philautus poecilus SOURCE: Assessment in Lake Mainit Key Biodiversity Area (Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Norte, 2014) Amphibian diversity and endemism in the swamp forests of Agusan Marsh, Agusan del Sur, Philippines (AES Bioflux, 2013)

Mottled Tree Frog Philautus poecilus

ď ’ Biological

ď ’ Cricket frog Fejervarya sp.

Black-spotted-sticky frog Kalophrynus pleurostigma

White-lipped Tree Frog Polypedates leucomystax

Pointed-Snouted Tree Frog Philautus acutirostris


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