DENR Regional Office XIII Brgy. Ambago, Butuan City, 8600 Website: http://caraga.denr.gov.ph/ E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Regional Public Affairs Office Tel. No.: (085) 341-32-29 Some Frogs in Caraga Region ♥ January 2016 / jsn http://issuu.com/cdo-caraga DENR-Caraga Asiatic Tree Frog Rhacophorus bimaculatus Here’s the vital reason why we need to save the frogs: Frogs are an integral part of the food web. Tadpoles keep waterways clean by feeding on algae. Adult frogs eat large quantities of insects, including disease vectors that can transmit fatal illnesses to humans (i.e. mosqui- toes/ malaria/dengue). Frogs also serve as an important food source to a diverse array of predators, including dragonflies, fish, snakes, birds, beetles, centipedes and even monkeys. Frogs are bioindicators. Frogs are considered accurate indicators of environ- mental stress: the health of frogs is thought to be indicative of the health of the biosphere as a whole. Frogs are important in medical research that benefits humans. Frogs produce a wide array of skin secretions, many of which have significant potential to improve human health through their use as pharmaceuticals. Frogs are sound cool and kids love them -- so there are lots of reasons to save the frogs! www.savethefrogs.com/why-frogs/ Mindanao Horned Frog Megophrys Stejnegeri White-lipped Tree Frog Polypedates leucomystax SOME SOME SOME FROGS FROGS FROGS IN IN IN CARAGA CARAGA CARAGA REGION REGION REGION

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DENR Regional Office XIII

Brgy. Ambago, Butuan City, 8600

Website: http://caraga.denr.gov.ph/ E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Regional Public Affairs Office Tel. No.: (085) 341-32-29

Some Frogs in Caraga Region ♥ January 2016 / jsn http://issuu.com/cdo-caraga

DENR-Caraga

Asiatic Tree Frog Rhacophorus bimaculatus

Here’s the vital reason why we need to save the frogs:

Frogs are an integral part of the

food web. Tadpoles keep waterways clean by feeding on algae. Adult frogs eat large quantities of insects, includ-ing disease vectors that can transmit fatal illnesses to humans (i.e. mosqui-toes/ malaria/dengue). Frogs also serve as an important food source to a diverse array of predators, including dragonflies, fish, snakes, birds, beetles, centipedes and even monkeys.

Frogs are bioindicators. Frogs are

considered accurate indicators of environ-mental stress: the health of frogs is thought to be indicative of the health of the biosphere as a whole.

Frogs are important in medical

research that benefits humans. Frogs produce a wide array of skin secretions, many of which have significant potential to improve human health through their use as pharmaceuticals.

Frogs are sound cool and kids

love them -- so there are lots of reasons to save the frogs!

www.savethefrogs.com/why-frogs/

Mindanao Horned Frog Megophrys Stejnegeri

White-lipped Tree Frog Polypedates leucomystax

SOME SOME SOME FROGSFROGSFROGS IN IN IN CARAGA CARAGA CARAGA REGIONREGIONREGION