Is wild Shi Wa a national protected animal?

Shi Wa is a national protected animal.

The official scientific name of Shi Wa is Echinothorax Frog, also known as stone clam, pheasant, flying fish, stone scale, stone toad, stone pit frog and so on. It is an amphibian Anura Ranidae, mainly distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places in China.

Wild Shi Wa belongs to the national second-class protected animals, and has been included in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State and the Red List of Endangered Species of IUCN 20 12. But the second and third generations of artificially bred children are edible and can be bought and sold. In some places in Fujian Province, there are already bases for artificial breeding of Shi Wa, which mainly supply hotels and restaurants.

Shi Wa's habit

Shi Wa often lives near a clear puddle or a waterfall with caves in Yinshan Mountain. He likes to dig holes under the wet, quiet, low-light and cool rock cliffs near the water source. Usually, I often crouch at the mouth of the cave or put my head out of the water to breathe for food. If disturbed, it will quickly dive into caves or rocks, cliffs or water, and it has the habit of living in groups and foraging at night. Night is the peak of his activities, and he is good at jumping and climbing. At ordinary times, his activities are weak and stable.

Shi Wa likes to eat moving animals, not dead or still food, because the sensory cells in his retina are particularly sensitive to moving objects, but not to static objects.