The standard name of Shi Wa is Rana spinosa, also known as Meretrix meretrix, Pheasant, Pheasant, Frozen Stone, Flying Fish, Squama, Toad, Frog, Pit Frog, Stone Chaos, Sophora japonica (South Sichuan) and so on. It is an Anura, an amphibian.
This frog is mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Anhui, Jiangsu (Yixing and Liyang), Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei (Tongshan), Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hong Kong in China. Foreign countries are in Vietnam (North).
Adult frog food
To the adult frog stage, its food range is very wide. Forty-seven adult frogs were dissected and observed, and 57 kinds of food were found in the gastrointestinal tract. Such as: insects, centipedes, bee spiders, Ma Lu, snails, snails, shrimps, crabs, miscellaneous fish, loaches, earthworms, young snakes and birds.
The food in Shi Wa is mainly animal, among which insects and their larvae account for the majority (48.38%). A small amount of plant residue was found during dissection, which may be caused by eating by mistake after being preyed.