Amolops kohimaensis Biju, Mahony, and Kamei, 2010

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

Amolops kohimaensis Biju, Mahony, and Kamei, 2010, Zootaxa, 2408: 38. Holotype: ZSI A-10972, by original designation. Type locality: "Lorü, 25°38′23″N 94°03′31″E, 1575 m asl., Jotsoma village, Kohima district, Nagaland, northeast India".

English Names

Kohima Spiny Torrent Frog (original publication).

Kohima Cascade Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 10).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Kohim District, Nagaland, India). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

Comment

Similar to Amolops granulosus according to the original publication. In the Amolops monticola group of Jiang, Ren, Lyu, Wang, Wang, Lv, Wu, and Li, 2021, Zool. Res., Kunming, 42: 574–591.

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