Amolops loloensis is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that is found in southern and western Sichuan and one locality in north-central Yunnan, China.[2] Its natural habitats are small mountain streams in forests and grasslands. It is threatened by infrastructure development for human settlement, potentially also by water pollution from the mining industry.[1] T
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Ranidae |
Genus: | Amolops |
Species: | A. loloensis
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Binomial name | |
Amolops loloensis (Liu, 1950)
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Male Amolops loloensis grow to a snout–vent length of 58 mm (2.3 in) and females to 74 mm (2.9 in). Tadpoles are up to 22 mm (0.87 in) in length.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Amolops loloensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T152339072A63852851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T152339072A63852851.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Amolops loloensis (Liu, 1950)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Fei, L. (1999). Atlas of Amphibians of China (in Chinese). Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. pp. 236–238. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9.