Predicting The Impact of The Frog Leg Trade in Indonesia: An Ecological View of The Indonesian Frog Leg Trade, Emphasizing Javanese Edible Hog Species

Abstract

This paper summarises two years of progress in my research on the Indonesian frog leg harvest. I take an ecological view of the frog leg trade, concentrating on Javanese edible frog species (Fejervarya limrzocharis, F. cancrivora and Lim?ro?zectes macrodon). Market surveys were conducted in Jakarta, West Java and East Java to gather information on species traded and collected in the island of Java. In this paper, I present my methods and preliminary results on: 1) distribution and population status of the species and (2) other environmental conditions that might affect the populations of these species. Keyvvords: frog leg trade, Indonesia, wildlife harvest, wildlife utilization