Biology:Amolops mantzorum

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Short description: Species of amphibian

Amolops mantzorum
Amolops mantzorum, Trashiyangtse, Bhutan.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Amolops
Species:
A. mantzorum
Binomial name
Amolops mantzorum
(David, 1872)
Synonyms[2]
  • Staurois mantzorum Polypedates mantzorum
  • David, 1872 "1871" Stejneger, 1926
  • (David, 1872) Staurois kangtingensis
  • Staurois jugans Liu, 1950
  • Rana (Amolops) jugans (Stejneger, 1926)
  • (Liu, 1950) Amolops kangtingensis

Amolops mantzorum, commonly known as the Sichuan torrent frog or Kangting sucker frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is found in Gansu, Sichuan, and Yunnan Provinces of China.[2] It has recently been reported also from Bhutan.[2][3]

Amolops mantzorum is an abundant species found in large streams and small rivers, in forest and shrubland.[1] Male frogs measure 53 mm (2.1 in) and females frogs 65 mm (2.6 in) in snout–vent length.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Amolops mantzorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T58220A63853080. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T58220A63853080.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58220/63853080. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Amolops mantzorum (David, 1872)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Amolops/Amolops-mantzorum. 
  3. Wangyal, J. T. (2013). "New records of reptiles and amphibians from Bhutan". Journal of Threatened Taxa 5 (13): 4774–4783. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3539.4774-83. 
  4. Fei, L. (1999) (in zh). Atlas of Amphibians of China. Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 238. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9. 

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