Amolops minhlei Pham, Hoang, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Thai, Hoang, and Pham, 2026

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

Amolops minhlei Pham, Hoang, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Thai, Hoang, and Pham, 2026, Zootaxa, 5760: 234. Holotype: VNU.2025.01, by original designation. Type locality: "forest sub-district 202 (21°34.956′ N, 104°17.160′ E, at an elevation of 2000 m a.s.l.), Vu Quang National Park, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam." ZooBank Publication registration: B263CDBB-D8B8-4065-A503-B86A8371314C

Common Names

Minh’s Torrent Frog (original publication). 

Ếch bám đá minh (Vietnamese: original publication). 

Distribution

Currently known only from the type locality in Vu Quang National Park, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Vietnam

Endemic: Vietnam

Comment

In the Amolops monticola group, according to the original publication, where comparative morphology, morphometrics, and mtDNA (ND2 and 16S) genetic markers were detailed. 

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