Amolops viridimaculatus

Amolops viridimaculatus, also known as green-spotted torrent frog, Dahaoping sucker frog, and Dahaoping cascade frog, is a species of frog found in Yunnan, China, northern Vietnam, northern Myanmar, and Nagaland, Northeast India; it is also expected to occur in northern Laos.[2]

Amolops viridimaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Amolops
Species:
A. viridimaculatus
Binomial name
Amolops viridimaculatus
(Jiang, 1983)
Synonyms[2]

Staurois viridimaculatus Jiang, 1983

Male frogs measure 75 mm (3.0 in) and females 88 mm (3.5 in) in length.[3]

A. viridimaculatus is becoming rare due to habitat loss caused by small-scale agriculture and dam development.[1]

References
  1. Ohler, Annemarie; Swan, Steven; Lu, Shunqing & Yang, Datong (2004). "Amolops viridimaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58229A11753653. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58229A11753653.en. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Amolops viridimaculatus (Jiang, 1983)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 238. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.


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