Amolops dafangensis Li, Liu, Ke, Cheng, and Wang, 2024

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

Amolops dafangensis Li, Liu, Ke, Cheng, and Wang, 2024, ZooKeys, 1189: 40. Holotype: MT DF20230601002, by original designation. Type locality: "Dafang County (27.40078312°N, 105.92804027°E; elevation 1300 m a.s.l.), Guizhou Province, China". Zoobank publication registration: 7351F342-928A-44C1-8EA4-55A706758838

Amolops dafangensis wumengmontis Huang, Yuan, and Liu in Li, Li, Zhang, Yi, Yuan, Huang, and Liu, 2025, ZooKeys, 1257: 44. Holotype: SWU 007379, by original designation. Type locality: "Wumeng Mountain National Nature Reserve, Zhaotong City, northeastern Yunnan, China (27.810588°N, 104.266768°E; 1915 m a.s.l.)". ZooBank Publication registration: 3E6089B6-7624-4162-9710-63EFCBFD3AC3

Amolops dafangensis dafangensis Li, Li, Zhang, Yi, Yuan, Huang, and Liu, 2025, ZooKeys, 1257: 39. 

Common Names

Dafang Cascade Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known from the type locality (a mountain stream in Dafang County, Guizhou Province, China, 1600 m elevation) and from the Wumeng Mountain National Nature Reserve, Zhaotong City, northeastern Yunnan, China

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

Comparative morphology and molecular markers detailed in the original publication. Li, Li, Zhang, Yi, Yuan, Huang, and Liu, 2025, ZooKeys, 1257: 39–54, discussed the morphology and molecular markers of the species, and named a subspecies from the Yumeng Mountains of northeastern Yunnan, China. 

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