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Abstract

This study was carried out in order to know the real state of the wild stocks and therefore of the consumption and the means of collection of the most consumed edible frog in Ivory Coast. For this end, a survey was carried out thinks the snowball technique among all the actors involved in the consumption of this frog. The most common techniques used to harvest the frog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis are night hunting with an arrow (36.00%) and fishing with a hook (32.00%). Unfortunately, hunting with machetes is aggressive at 81.81% and with arrows at 60.22%. The respondents found frog meat very popular at 57.00% and like to eat it in soup at 52%. In terms of weekday consumption, 6 to 10 frogs are consumed most often at home and 20 to 30 frogs in restaurants. In lowland areas, wild stocks are considered to be 50-70% lower than in rivers. This study showed that the frog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis is consumed a lot in the city of Daloa, and this negatively impacts these wild stocks.