The stone frog is a national second-level protected animal.

Wild stone frogs are national second-level protected animals, but the second and third generations of artificially bred ones can be bought and sold as food. Stone frogs like to eat moving animals and do not eat dead or immovable food. In the natural state, it likes to eat live bait such as earthworms and maggots. The taste receptors are very developed and play an important role in its feeding behavior. The sensory cells on the retina are particularly sensitive to moving objects. Live animals are the food objects, and dead objects are the food objects. Insensitive, no feeding behavior.

Habits of stone frogs

The feeding activity time of stone frogs is affected by the climate environment. Under natural conditions, its feeding activity period is from March to November. It occurs after the Qingming Festival in the lunar calendar. A few frogs come out of their burrows to move around and eat. From April to June, the temperature is suitable and food intake increases. From July to August, the temperature is too high and the feeding activity decreases. They mostly live in seclusion in caves during the day and continue to feed in the evening and night.

From September to October, the temperature changes from high to low, and the food intake increases relatively. After November, the feeding activities gradually decrease. When the outside temperature drops below 10 degrees Celsius, they stop eating and enter hibernation.

Reference for the above content? Baidu Encyclopedia-Shiwa