Amolops yarlungzangbo K. Jiang, Y. Wang, C. Lik, S. Qi, P. Li, J. Che, 2020

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

Amolops yarlungzangbo Jiang, Wang, Li, Qi, Li, and Che in Che, Jiang, Yan, and Zhang, 2020, Amph. Rept. Tibet: 231. Holotype: KIZ 03393, by original designation. Type locality: "from the side of Yarlung Zangbo River near Lugong River, Xirang, Mêdog, Tibet  (29.1776 N, 95.0057 E, 550 m)". 

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Yarlung Zangbo River near Lugong River, Xirang, Mêdog, Tibet, China, 550 m elevation). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

In the Amolops marmoratus group of Jiang, Ren, Lyu, Wang, Wang, Lv, Wu, and Li, 2021, Zool. Res., Kunming, 42: 574–591. Placed into the synonymy of Amolops gerbillus by Saikia, Sinha, Laskar, Shabnam, and Dinesh, 2022, Rec. Zool. Surv. India, 122: 322. This was rejected by Biju, Ellepola, Sarmah, Upadhyaya K., Bisht, Tajo, Hanken, and Garg, 2026, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 164: 94, who reported on the molecular and morphological phylogenetics of the group, with special reference to the species of India.

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