Amolops sangzhiensis Qian, Xiang, Jiang, Yang, and Gui, 2023

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

Amolops sangzhiensis Qian, Xiang, Jiang, Yang, and Gui, 2023, Asian Herpetol. Res., 14: 57. Holotype: Holotype CSUFT 907, by original designation. Type locality: "a mountain stream in Mt. Doupeng (=Doupengshan [ 斗蓬山], 29.674°, 109.758°, ca. 1600 m a.s.l.), Sangzhi County, Hunan Province, China". 

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Mount Doupeng, Sangzhi County, Hunan Province, China, ca. 1600 m elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

In the Amolops mantzorum group according to the original publication where comparative morphology and molecular markers were detailed. In the Amolops mantzorum group of Biju, Ellepola, Sarmah, Upadhyaya K., Bisht, Tajo, Hanken, and Garg, 2026, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 164: 1–144, who reported on the molecular and morphological phylogenetics of the genus, with special reference to the species of India.  

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