Amolops ricketti

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Amolops
Species: Amolops ricketti

Name[edit]

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: BMNH (2 specimens).

Synonyms[edit]

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[edit]

Boulenger, 1899, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1899: 168.
Wolf, S. 1936. Revision der Untergattung Rhacophorus (ausschliesslich der Madagaskar-Formen). Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 12: 137–217. PDF Reference page.
Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 256.
Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Amolops ricketti . Accessed on 28 June 2008.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Amolops ricketti (Least Concern) Downloaded on 28 June 2008.

Vernacular names[edit]

English: Chinese Sucker Frog