Amolops ricketti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neobatrachia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Subordo: Neobatrachia

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Amolops
Species: Amolops ricketti

Name

Amolops ricketti (Boulenger, 1899)

Type locality: "Kuatun [=Guadun], a village about 270 miles from Foochow, in the [Kuatun] moutains at the North-west of the Province of Fokien [= Fujian], at an altitude of 3000 to 4000 feet or more", China.

Syntypes: BM (2 specimens).

Synonyms

• Rana ricketti Boulenger, 1899
• Rana (Hylorana) ricketti — Boulenger, 1920
• Rhacophorus tonkinensis Ahl, 1927
• Staurois ricketti — Pope, 1927
• Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) tonkinensis — Ahl, 1931
• Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) buergeri tonkinensis — Wolf, 1936
• Staurois ricketti ricketti — Liu, 1950
• Staurois ricketti minor Liu, 1950
• Amolops ricketti — Inger, 1966
• Amolops (Amolops) ricketti — Dubois, 1992

References

• Boulenger, 1899, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1899: 168.
• Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 256.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Amolops ricketti . Accessed on 28 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN link: Amolops ricketti (Least Concern) Downloaded on 28 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Chinese Sucker Frog