Given the sheer number of native frogs collected, they are likely being overharvested and if this practice continues could wipe out remaining wild stocks. For example, wild populations of H. rugulosa have decreased by approximately 30% over the past three decades (Xia, 2010). Great efforts have been made by Chinese entrepreneurs to satisfy increasing demand for frogs with farm-raised individuals rather than wild-caught ones but, unfortunately, wild frogs continue to be caught and sent to market in large number