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===The Philippines=== [[File:Bufo marinus (Philippines).jpg|thumb|''R. marina'' in the [[Philippines]] are referred to as ''kamprag'', a corruption of 'American frog'.<ref name="kamprag"/>]] The cane toad was first introduced deliberately into the [[Philippines]] in 1930 as a biological control agent of pests in sugarcane plantations, after the success of the experimental introductions into Puerto Rico.<ref name="piper">{{cite book|author=Ross Piper|title =Pests: A Guide to the World's Most Maligned, Yet Misunderstood Creatures|publisher =ABC-CLIO|year =2011|page=236|isbn =978-0-313-38426-4|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nlSX5kDnd78C&q=Bufo%20marinus%20philippines%201930&pg=PA236|author-link =Ross Piper}}</ref><ref name="diesmos">{{cite journal|author1=Arvin C. Diesmos |author2=Mae L. Diesmos |author3=Rafe M. Brown |year=2005|title=Status and Distribution of Alien Invasive Frogs in the Philippines |journal=Journal of Environmental Science and Management |volume=9|issue=2|pages=41โ53|issn=0119-1144}}</ref> It subsequently became the most ubiquitous amphibian in the islands. It still retains the common name of ''bakรฎ'' or ''kamprag'' in the [[Visayan languages]], a [[Corruption (linguistics)|corruption]] of 'American frog', referring to its origins.<ref name="kamprag">{{cite web|url=http://www.binisaya.com/cebuano/kamprag|title=kamprag|publisher=Binisaya.com}}</ref> It is also commonly known as "bullfrog" in Philippine English.<ref name="dedicatoria">{{cite conference|author1=Ranell Martin M. Dedicatoria|author2=Carmelita M. Rebancos|author3=Leticia E. Afuang|author4=Ma. Victoria O. Espaldon|year=2010|title=Identifying Environmental Changes in Mt. Data Watershed, Bauko, Mt. Province, Northern Philippines: Implications to Sustainable Management |conference= 4th Asian Rural Sociology Association (ARSA) International Conference |pages=402โ412 }}</ref>
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