Amolops tormotus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It occurs in hill streams and the surrounding habitats , and breeds in streams. The existence of tadpoles has not been recorded for this species. This is the only amphibian known to make use of ultrasonic communication; males produce diverse bird-like melodic calls with pronounced frequency modulations that often contain spectral energy in the ultrasonic range (Feng et al. 2006).[1]


List of Habitats: 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005

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 Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
• Fei, L., Ye, C.-Y., Huang, Y.-A. and Liu, M.-Y. 1999. Atlas of Amphibians of China. Henan Science and Technical Press, Zhengzhou.
• Feng, A.S., Marins, P.M., Xu, C-H., Lin W-Y., Yu, Z-L., Qui, Q., Xu, Z-M. & Shen, J-X. 2006. Ultrasonic communication in frogs. Nature 440: 333-336.
• Huang, M.-H., Cai, C.-M., Jin, Y.-L., Gu, H.-Q., Zhang, S.-D., et al. 1990. Fauna of Zhejiang. Amphibia Reptilia. Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, Hangzhou.
• MacKinnon, J., Meng, S., Cheung, C., Carey, G., Zhu, X. and Melville, D. 1996. A Biodiversity Review of China. World Wide Fund for Nature International, Hong Kong.
• Zhao, E.-M. 1998. China Red Data Book of Endangered Animals - Amphibia. Science Press, Beijing.

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.
• Huiqing, G. & Ermi, Z. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29918
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664915
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664915
• IUCN ID: 58226
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133285

Footnotes

1. Huiqing, G. & Ermi, Z. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]

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