Recently, there was a hot spot on the Internet about the Emei toad. It was reported that the tadpoles of the world-class rare animal Emei toad were made into delicious food, and they were called "frog fish" by many restaurants at the entrance of Emei Mountain Scenic Area at a price of 168 yuan per catty, and were put on the table.

the picture shows: what is the eaten toad tadpole Emei? Recently, there was a hot spot on the Internet about Emei toad. It was reported that the tadpoles of Emei toad, a world-class rare animal, were made into delicious food, and were called "frog fish" by many restaurants at the entrance of Emei Mountain Scenic Area at a price of 168 yuan per catty, and were put on the table.

Pictured: Tadpole of Emei Toad

What is Emei Toad?

Tocophaga Emei, also known as horned monster and bearded toad, is an amphibian, Anura, Xenopidae and Tocophaga.

is a rare toad endemic to China.

Current situation of Tocophaga Emei: According to the statistics of the original distribution areas in China, Tocophaga Emei has a narrow distribution range, a small habitat area and a broken distribution area.

and Emei Mountain, its origin in type species, is almost extinct.

In other areas: Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve in Guizhou, Huping Mountain National Nature Reserve in Hunan, Badagong Mountain National Nature Reserve, Cenwang Laoshan National Nature Reserve in Guangxi, etc., there are only sporadic distributions, and the population has declined seriously.

Toxobufo Emei's treasure: Toxobufo Emei's tadpoles develop slowly and have a long metamorphosis period.

It takes two winters for a toad tadpole to complete its metamorphosis, and it takes about three years to grow into an adult toad.

However, tadpoles in metamorphosis are more sensitive to the environment because their systems are not fully developed, which is also one of the important risk factors of toads, resulting in their scarcity.

Why are rare animals served on the table

Although there is no consumption and no business.

But I think most consumers don't know that this "frog fish" is a rare animal, and it is a toad in Emei.

However, it was not always necessary to capture residents and restaurants at that time. Because of the rarity, uniqueness and high price of rare animals, there were always black businessmen who attacked rare animals.

They don't understand the preciousness of rare animals and don't care about the extinction of a species. On the contrary, they think that the rarer they are, the more profitable they are.

Here Xiaobian thinks: Many rare animals are distributed in different regions. The local people can publicize and know all the rare species in this area, have a sense of protection, and publicize what kind of punishment they will get for hurting rare animals.

I believe that after people get to know rare animals, such incidents as Emei toad being served on the table will happen less or never again.