Crab-eating Frog/Mangrove Frog/Rice Field Frog/Asian Brackish Frog vs Fly Agaric

Fejervarya cancrivora compared with Amanita muscaria

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crab-eating Frog/Mangrove Frog/Rice Field Frog/Asian Brackish Frog	Fly Agaric
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Amphibia (Anfíbios)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Anura (Frogs & Toads)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Dicroglossidae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Fejervarya	Amanita (Amanitas)
Species	Fejervarya cancrivora	Amanita muscaria

Conservation Status

Crab-eating Frog/Mangrove Frog/Rice Field Frog/Asian Brackish Frog

LC — Least Concern

Fly Agaric

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crab-eating Frog/Mangrove Frog/Rice Field Frog/Asian Brackish Frog	Fly Agaric
Diet	—	Decomposer
Average Lifespan	—	1 years
Average Length	—	20 cm
Average Weight	—	100 g

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crab-eating Frog/Mangrove Frog/Rice Field Frog/Asian Brackish Frog

Habitat

Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Fly Agaric

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

Fly Agaric

A amanita-das-moscas (Amanita muscaria) é um dos fungos mais icônicos e reconhecíveis da Terra, exibindo chapéus vermelhos marcantes com verrugas brancas nos bosques boreais do hemisfério norte. Apesar de sua aparência de conto de fadas, contém potentes compostos psicoativos como muscimol e ácido iboténico, sendo moderadamente tóxico. Forma simbioses micorrízicas essenciais com bétulas, pinheiros e abetos, trocando nutrientes minerais por carbono e desempenhando papéis fundamentais na ciclagem de nutrientes nas florestas boreais.