Amolops beibengensis Jiang, Li, Zou, Yan, and Che, 2020

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Amolops > Species: Amolops beibengensis

Amolops beibengensis Jiang, Li, Zou, Yan, and Che in Che, Jiang, Yan, and Zhang, 2020, Amph. Rept. Tibet: 175–181, provided a detailed account for Tibet, China. Holotype: KIZ 11015, by original designation. Type locality: "the waterfall of Beibeng Hydropower Stationi, Mêdog, Tibet (29.239307° N, 95.176014° E, 689 m)"

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known  from the type locality (waterfall of Beibeng Hydropower Stationi, Mêdog, Tibet, China, 689 m elevation) and from several nearby localities in Dibang District, Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India.  

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of, India

Comment

In the Amolops viridimaculatus group of Jiang, Ren, Lyu, Wang, Wang, Lv, Wu, and Li, 2021, Zool. Res., Kunming, 42: 574–591. Patel, Boruah, Narayanan, and Das, 2023, Herpetol. Notes, 16: 865–875, reported the species from Arunachal Pradesh, India, discussed morphometrics and phylogenetic placement (16s sequence) within Amolops.  

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