Amolops shillong

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Amolops shillong
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Amolops
Species:
A. shillong
Binomial name
Amolops shillong
Bhaskar Saikia, Bikramjit Sinha, A. Shabnam, Eugene Lyngkhoi, Damepaia S. M. Pdah and K. P. Dinesh, 2025

Amolops shillong is a species of cascade-dwelling frog of genus, Amolops . A. shillong is found within the urban landscape of Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya in Northeast India. This species is differentiated from other species based on a distinct set of morphological characters and its isolated geographical space. [1]

References

  1. Saikia, B., Sinha, B., Shabnam, A., Lyngkhoi, E., Pdah, D. S. M., & Dinesh, K. P. (2025). Concealed in the urban landscape: discovery and description of a novel shallow divergent lineage of Amolops Cope (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from Meghalaya, North-East India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 125(2), 111–122. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v125/i2/2025/172851