Amolops

Amolops cremnobatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Amolops
Species (86): A. adicola – A. afghanus – A. ailao – A. akhaorum – A. albispinus – A. aniqiaoensis – A. archotaphus – A. assamensis – A. attiguus – A. australis – A. beibengensis – A. bellulus – A. binchachaensis – A. chakrataensis – A. chanakya – A. chaochin – A. chayuensis – A. chunganensis – A. compotrix – A. cremnobatus – A. cucae – A. dafangensis – A. daiyunensis – A. daorum – A. deng – A. formosus – A. gerbillus – A. gerutu – A. granulosus – A. gudao – A. hainanensis – A. himalayanus – A. hongkongensis – A. indoburmanensis – A. iriodes – A. jaunsari – A. jinjiangensis – A. kaulbacki – A. kohimaensis – A. kottelati – A. larutensis – A. latopalmatus – A. lifanensis – A. loloensis – A. longimanus – A. mahabharatensis – A. mantzorum – A. marmoratus – A. medogensis – A. mengdingensis – A. mengyangensis – A. minutus – A. monticola – A. nepalicus – A. nidorbellus – A. nyingchiensis – A. pallasitatus – A. panhai – A. putaoensis – A. ricketti – A. sangzhiensis – A. senchalensis – A. sengae – A. shihaitaoi – A. shuichengicus – A. siju – A. sinensis – A. spinapectoralis – A. tanfuilianae – A. tawang – A. teochew – A. terraorchis – A. tonkinensis – A. torrentis – A. truongi – A. tuanjieensis – A. tuberodepressus – A. viridimaculatus – A. vitreus – A. wangyali – A. wangyufani – A. wenshanensis – A. wuyiensis – A. yangi – A. yatseni – A. yunkaiensis

Name

Amolops Cope, 1865: 117

• Type species: Polypedates afghana Günther, 1858, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Aemolops — Hoffmann, 1878: 611 [Incorrect subsequent spelling]
• Amo Dubois, 1992: 321 [as subgenus]
  • Type species: Rana larutensis Boulenger, 1899, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1865. Sketch of the primary groups of Batrachia s. Salientia. Natural History Review. New Series 5: 97–120.
• Dubois, A. 1992. Notes sur la classification des Ranidae (Amphibiens anoures). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 61(10): 305–352. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

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• Che, J., Pang, J.-F., Zhao, H., Wu, G.-F., Zhao, E.-M. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2007. Phylogeny of Raninae (Anura: Ranidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43(1): 1–13. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.11.032 Reference page. 
• Biju, S.D., Mahony, S. & Kamei, R.G. 2010. Description of two new species of torrent frog, Amolops Cope (Anura: Ranidae) from a degrading forest in the northeast Indian state of Nagaland. Zootaxa 2408(1): 31–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2408.1.2 Reference page. 
• Dever, J.A., Fuiten, A.M., Konu, Ö. & Wilkinson, J.A. 2012. Cryptic Torrent Frogs of Myanmar: An Examination of the Amolops marmoratus Species Complex with the Resurrection of Amolops afghanus and the Identification of a New Species. Copeia 2012(1): 57–76. DOI: 10.1643/CH-10-180 Reference page. 
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• Jiang, K., Wang, K., Yan, F., Xie, J., Zou, D.-H., Liu, W.-L., Jiang, J.-P., Li, C. & Che, J. 2016. A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) from southeastern Tibet, China. Zoological Research 37(1): 31–40. DOI: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.1.31 Reference page. 
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• Fei, L., Ye, C.-Y., Wang, Y.-F. & Jiang, K. 2017. A new species of he genus Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from high-altitude Sichuan, southwestern China, with a discussion on the taxonomic status of Amolops kangtingensis. Zoological Research 38(3): 138–145. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.022 Reference page. 
• Lyu, Z.-T., Wu, J., Wang, J., Sung, Y.-H., Liu, Z.-Y., Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, X., Li, Y.-Y. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2018. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from southwestern Guangdong, China. Zootaxa 4418(6): 562–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.6.4 Reference page. 
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• Yuan, Z-Y., Jin, J-Q., Li, J-N., Stuart, B.L. & Wu, J. 2018. A new species of cascade frog (Amphibia: Ranidae) in the Amolops monticola group from China. Zootaxa 4415(3): 498–512. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.3.5 Reference page. 
• Lyu, Z.-T., Huang, L.-S., Wang, J., Li, Y.-Q., Chen, H.-H., Qi, S. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2019. Description of two cryptic species of the Amolops ricketti group (Anura, Ranidae) from southeastern China. ZooKeys 812: 133–156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.812.29956 Reference page. 
• Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Wan, H., Yang, J.-H., Li, Y.-L., Pang, H. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2019. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from China, with taxonomic comments on A. liangshanensis and Chinese populations of A. marmoratus. Zootaxa 4609(2): 247–268. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.2.3 Reference page. 
• Qi, S., Zhou, Z.-Y., Lyu, Z.-T., Lu, Y.-Y., Wan, H., Hou, M., Guo, K. & Li, P.-P. 2019. Description of a new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Tibet, China. Asian Herpetological Research 10(4): 219–229. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.190016 Reference page. 
• Yu, G.-H., Wu, Z.-J. & Yang, J.-X. 2019. A new species of the Amolops monticola group (Anura: Ranidae) from southwestern Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 4577(3): 548–560. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.8. Reference page. 
• Gan, Y.-L., Yu, G.-H. & Wu, Z.-J. 2020. A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Yunnan, China. Zoological Research 41(2): 188–193. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.018 Reference page. 
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• Khatiwada, J.R., Shu, G.-C., Wang, B., Zhao, T., Xie, F. & Jiang, J.-P. 2020. Description of a new species of Amolops Cope, 1865 (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Nepal and nomenclatural validation of Amolops nepalicus Yang, 1991 . Asian Herpetological Research 11(2): 71–95. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.190052 Reference page. 
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• Wu, Y.-H., Yan, F., Stuart, B.L., Prendini, E., Suwannapoom, C., Dahn, H.A., Zhang, B.-L., Cai, H.-X., Xu, Y.-B., Jiang, K., Chen, H.-M., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Raxworthy, C.J., Orlov, N.L., Murphy, R.W. & Che, J. 2020. A combined approach of mitochondrial DNA and anchored nuclear phylogenomics sheds light on unrecognized diversity, phylogeny, and historical biogeography of the torrent frogs, genus Amolops (Anura: Ranidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 144: 106701. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106789 Reference page. 
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• Zeng, Z.-C., Wang, J., Lyu, Z.-T., Wang, Y.-Y. 2021. A new species of Torrent frog (Anura, Ranidae, Amolops) from the Coastal Hills of Southeastern China. Zootaxa 5004(1): 151–166. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.1.6 Reference page. 
• Mahony, S., Nidup, T., Streicher, J.W., Teeling, E.C. & Kamei, R.G. 2022. A review of torrent frogs (Amolops: Ranidae) from Bhutan, the description of a new species, and reassessment of the taxonomic validity of some A. viridimaculatus group species aided by archival DNA sequences of century-old type specimens. Herpetological Journal 32(3): 142–175. DOI: 10.33256/32.3.142175 Reference page. 
• Saikia, B., Laskar, M.A., Dinesh, K.P., Shabnam, A. & Sinha, B. 2022. Description of two new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India under the morphological ‘Viridimaculatus species group’. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122(3): 247–266. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i3/2022/169417 Reference page. 
• Saikia, B., Sinha, B., Laskar, M.A., Shabnam, A. & Dinesh, K.P. 2022. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) representing the morphological ‘Marmoratus species group’ from Sessa Orchid Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122(3): 303–322. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i3/2022/167288 Reference page. 
• Wang, J., Li, J., Du, L-Y., Hou, M. & Yu, G-H. 2022. A cryptic species of the Amolops ricketti species group (Anura, Ranidae) from China–Vietnam border regions. Zookeys 1112: 139–159. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1112.82551 Reference page. 
• Pham, A.V., Pham, C.T., Ngo, H.T., Nenh, S.B., Ziegler, T. & Le, M.D. 2023. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from Son La Province, northwestern Vietnam. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71: 59–69. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2023-0004 Reference page. 
• Qian, T-Y., Xiang, J.-J., Jiang, J.-P., Yang, D.-D. & Gui, J. 2023. A new species of the Amolops mantzorum group (Anura: Ranidae: Amolops) from northwestern Hunan Province, China. Asian Herpetological Research 14(1): 54–64. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.220063 Reference page. 
• Saikia, B., Sinha, B., Shabnam, A. & Dinesh, K.P. 2023. Description of a new species of Amolops Cope (Anura: Ranidae) from a cave ecosystem in Meghalaya, Northeast India. Journal of Animal Diversity 5(1): 36–54. DOI: 10.61186/JAD.5.1.36 Reference page. 
• Sheridan, J.A., Phimmachak, S., Sivongxay, N. & Stuart, B.L. 2023. Systematics of the Lao Torrent Frog, Amolops cremnobatus Inger & Kottelat, 1998 (Anura: Ranidae), with descriptions of four new species. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 931–956. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e102475 Reference page. 
• Tang, S.-J., Sun, T., Liu, S., Luo, S.-D., Yu, G.-H. & Du, L.-N. 2023. A new species of cascade frog (Anura: Ranidae: Amolops) from central Yunnan, China. Zoological Letters 9(15): 1–19. DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00214-9 Reference page. 
• Li, S-Z., Liu, J., Ke, X-C., Cheng, G. & Wang, B. 2024. A new species of Amolops (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Guizhou Province, China. ZooKeys 1189: 33-54. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1189.115621 Reference page. 
• Wu, Y.-H., Yu, Z.-B., Lu, C.-K., Zhang, Y.-P., Dong, W.-J., Liu, X.-L., Kilunda, F.K., Xiong, Y., Jiang, Y.-F., Ouyang, H., Fu, Z.-X., He, Y.-B., Yuan, Z.-Y. & Che, J. 2024. A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) and the first national record of Amolops vitreus from China. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 343–357. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e108013 Reference page. 
• Wu, Y.-H., Yu, Z.-B., Kilunda, F.K., Lu, C.-K., Li, J.-H., Li, Y.-P., Shi, Y.-J. & Che, J. 2025. A new species of the genus Amolops (Anura, Ranidae) from the Gaoligong Mountains, China. ZooKeys 1127: 349–367. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1227.131357 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kaskadenfrösche
English: Cascade/Torrent Frogs