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title: "East Asian Bullfrog"
description: "Hoplobatrachus chinensis — Amfibieën. The Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis), also known as East Asian bullfrog and Taiwanese frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/east-asian-bullfrog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# East Asian Bullfrog

> Hoplobatrachus chinensis — Amfibieën. The Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis), also known as East Asian bullfrog and Taiwanese frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae.

- Scientific name: *Hoplobatrachus chinensis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren), `urban` (Steden en tuinen), `farm` (Boerderij)
- iNaturalist observations: 2990
- iNaturalist taxon: [1423577](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1423577)

## Names

- en: East Asian Bullfrog
- de: Runzelfrosch

## Countries with the most observations

TW (853), TH (485), HK (441), CN (212), VN (117), PH (41), MY (18), KH (17), MO (6), MM (4), LA (3)

## Summary

The Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis), also known as East Asian bullfrog and Taiwanese frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pasture land, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. They breed in spring to early summer.
The domesticated Thai variety and wild…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_edible_frog

## Photo

![East Asian Bullfrog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/east-asian-bullfrog/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337437317

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/east-asian-bullfrog?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).