Amolops shillong

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 shillong

Amolops shillong Saikia, Sinha, Shabnam, Lyngkhoi, Pdah & Dinesh, 2025: 114

Holotype: V/A/NERC/ZSI/2049, adult ♂, collected by Damepaia S. M. Pdah on 3 July, 2022.
Type locality: “Umthlong, Mawlai (25.595801 N, 91.866721 E, 1432 m asl), Shillong, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya, India”.

Saikia, B., Sinha, B., Shabnam, A., Lyngkhoi, E., Pdah, D.S.M. & Dinesh, K.P. 2025. Concealed in the urban landscape: discovery and description of a novel shallow divergent lineage of Amolops Cope (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from Meghalaya, North-East India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 125(2): 111–122. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v125/i2/2025/172851 Reference page.