Carefully catching the 'treasure' of Tam Dao

Although toad fish is considered a "treasure" of Tam Dao National Park (named in the Vietnam Red Book), it is still sold as souvenirs for visitors right in the middle of the park.

' Anything, these little animals! Children here have all the skin peeling off. Did you buy it? Bring back the Capital to raise in a glass basin, strange . ". Thought to play, without hesitation, the owner at the foot of Tay Thien Mountain (Tam Dao National Park) brought a sack of several kilograms. The thumb, the third of three common children, is only one ounce of meat, it is called the toad fish, the local people call it the stone crocodile (because of the real crocodile).

A few years ago, the local people displayed toad fish in a pot with a stick, a sackcloth . along the road, meaning to expose it to the middle of a civilian table to be sold openly. The forest rangers have chased, the implication is brought into "secret activities". Who needs to buy, regardless of quantity, can meet. For one thing, people only buy strange things, not tonic, is a method of aiming for many nutritious people to drink so the price is very low. 'A local resident said. Many kidnappers, but sellers are also very good. Who caught, who sold us know. Only rangers are not aware! "The former ranger area is now abandoned.

In the list of rare and precious forest flora and fauna of our country, toad fish is a member of the number 36. It is noted that the rareness of protection of endemic species is only available in Tam Dao.

The Vietnam Red Book (page 235) clearly states: Toad fish has the scientific name Paramesotriton deloustali , belongs to Salamandridae family , Caudata tail frog frog. Endangered level E (near extinction). It is recognized as one of the five Vietnamese toadfish species, according to the research program on biodiversity in Vietnam between the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources with the Museum of Animal Konic Bon (Germany).

Thus, legal protection records for rare and endemic species that are very narrowly distributed have been carefully and fully prepared by both 'us' and 'West'. But, that doesn't mean they are safe.

There is a scientist who has traveled from the capital to Tay Thien to sample the toad fish for testing at the Thu Le zoo, but was unsuccessful because it was not an adaptive field of toad fish.

There is also a project called PARC Project that brings toad fish to the list of 102 species of animals that need to be protected in the Ba Be - Na Hang conservation complex; Special emphasis on the scientific value of this species of amphibians living in Tam Dao area. But in fact, no one prohibits public fishing and trade in toadfish.