Amolops kaulbacki

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Amolops kaulbacki
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Amolops
Species:
A. kaulbacki
Binomial name
Amolops kaulbacki
(Smith, 1940)
Synonyms

Rana kaulbackiSmith, 1940 [2]

Amolops kaulbacki (common names: Burmese sucker frog, Kaulback's torrent frog) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that is found in northern Myanmar and Mizoram in northeastern India. [3] It is named after Ronald Kaulback, a British botanist and explorer [4] who collected the type series. [2] Very little is known about this species. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Peter Paul van Dijk, Guinevere Wogan (2004). "Amolops kaulbacki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2004: e.T58214A11749190. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58214A11749190.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Smith, Malcolm A. (1940). "The amphibians and reptiles obtained by Mr. Ronald Kaulback in upper Burma" (PDF). Records of the Indian Museum. 42 (3): 465–486.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Amolops kaulbacki (Smith, 1940)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 110. ISBN   978-1-907807-42-8.