Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
An inhabitant of large streams
and small rivers
, in forest
and shrubland,
it also breeds
in streams.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
This taxon
is probably a complex
of more than one species (Jin et
al., 2005).[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Amolops
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. chapaensis (Chapa Torrent Frog) · A. chunganensis (Chungan Sucker Frog) · A. granulosus (Sichuan Sucker Frog) · A. hainanensis (Hainan Sucker Frog) · A. hongkongensis (Hong Kong Sucker Frog) · A. larutensis (Larut Sucker Frog) · A. lifanensis (Lifan Sucker Frog) · A. loloensis (Lolokou Sucker Frog) · A. marmoratus (Marbled Sucker Frog) · A. ricketti (Chinese Sucker Frog) · A. tormotus (Anhui Sucker Frog) · A. viridimaculatus (Dahaoping Sucker Frog)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 242, p. 325.
- Phylogenetic systematics of the Amolops group of ranid frogs of Southeastern Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands / Da-Tong Yang. 63 1991 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c1991. url fig. 14 , fig. 18 , fig. 12 , p. 14, p. 17, p. 20, p. 22, p. 23, p. iii.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Guanfu, W. & Cheng, L. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Wu Guanfu, Li Cheng 2004. Amolops mantzorum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science: Chinese Institude of Biology - Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Chinese Institude of Biology - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29911
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664907
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664907
- IUCN ID: 190613
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133258
Footnotes
- Wu Guanfu, Li Cheng 2004. Amolops mantzorum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
