While the city of Cotui, in the province of Sanchez Ramirez, is the leading exporter of frogs to the international market, there is a problem with its produce. It seems that these Dominican frogs are too big for many importers who prefer the smaller version from Asia. According to Hoy, the export of frogs has fallen drastically from 1999, when over 113,000 kilograms of frogs were shipped abroad. So far this year, just 17,000 kilograms have been exported. According to Antonio Reyes, the spokesman for the only frog exporter in the Dominican Republic “Exportadora Gonzalez”, there is little danger of extinction of the species, since the Environment allows them to capture as many as 6,000 frogs a week. Reyes says there are 200 people employed in the capture of the bullfrogs (Sapo Toro) in the area around Nagua. There are 60 species of frogs in the Dominican Republic, of which 58 are endemic species and 2 were introduced last century to combat mosquitoes. The Maco Pempen and the Sapo Toro, also called the Sapo Bogaert, after the man that introduced the specie to the DR, are the two classes of frog brought in from overseas. The Sapo Toro is the variety being hunted for export.