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Crab-eating Frog

Fejervarya cancrivora

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Field Notes

Description:

A frog native to south-eastern Asia including the Philippines.

Habitat:

It inhabits mangrove swamps and marshes and is the only known modern amphibian which can tolerate salt water.

Notes:

This frog can tolerate marine environments (immersion in sea water for brief periods or brackish water for extended periods) by increasing urea production and retention, and by remaining slightly hyperosmotic within urea and sodium flux.

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