Amolops iriodes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

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

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Amolops
Species: Amolops iriodes

Name

Amolops iriodes (Bain & Nguyen, 2004)

• Holotype: AMNH 163925.
• Type locality: "Mt. Tay Con Linh II, Cao Bo Commune, Vi Xuyen District, Ha Giang Province, Vietnam (site 2: 22°46′10″ N, 104°49′53″ E, elevation 1400 m)".

Combinations

• Rana iriodes Bain & Nguyen, 2004: 12 [original combination]
• Huia iriodes — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006: 368 [subsequent combination]
• Odorrana iriodes — Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao & Zhang, 2007 [subsequent combination by implication]
• Amolops iriodes — Stuart, 2008: 51 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Bain, R.H. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2004. Herpetofauna diversity of Ha Giang Province in northeastern Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species. American Museum Novitates 3453: 1–42.
• 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. 
• Stuart, B.L. 2008. The phylogenetic problem of Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46: 49–60.

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2021. IUCN: Amolops iriodes  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T61870A117341687. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T61870A117341687.en. Accessed on 21 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Mount Tay Frog