Amolops vitreus explained

Amolops vitreus, the vitreous cascade frog, is a species of true frog from Laos, Vietnam, and China.[1] [2] [3] It also has the common name glass torrent frog.[4]

Distribution and ecology

This species was originally described in Phongsaly Province, Laos, but was later found in Vietnam (2015) and then in Yunnan Province, China (2024). Males have an SVL of and around in females. They have been found at elevations of . They can be found near streams and hiding in nearby foliage.

Etymology

All three names mean glassy (from Latin; vitrum (glass) and English; vitreous (glassy)). This is because the skin on the belly is somewhat transparent.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Wu . Yun-He . Yu . Zhong-Bin . Lu . Chen-Qi . Zhang . Yin-Peng . Dong . Wen-Jie . Liu . Xiao-Long . Kilunda . Felista Kasyoka . Xiong . Yun . Jiang . Yun-Fang . Ouyang . Hong . Fu . Zhong-Xiong . He . Yun-Biao . Yuan . Zhi-Yong . Che . Jing . 2024-04-04 . A new species of the genus Amolops (Amphibia: Ranidae) and the first national record of Amolops vitreus from China . Vertebrate Zoology . 74 . 343–357 . 10.3897/vz.74.e108013 . free . 2625-8498.
  2. Stuart . Bryan L. . 2008 . The phylogenetic problem of Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 46 . 1 . 49–60 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.016 . 18042407 . 2008MolPE..46...49S . 1055-7903.
  3. Le . Dzung . Pham . Anh . Lan Hung Son . Nguyen . Nguyen . Truong . 2015 . First Records of Megophrys daweimontis Rao and Yang, 1997 and Amolops vitreus (Bain, Stuart and Orlov, 2006) (Anura: Megophryidae, Ranidae) from Vietnam . Asian Herpetological Research . 6 . 66–72.
  4. Poyarkov . Nikolay A. . Nguyen . Tan Van . Popov . Evgeniy S. . Geissler . Peter . Pawangkhanant . Parinya . Neang . Thy . Suwannapoom . Chatmongkon . Orlov . Nikolai L. . 2021-06-24 . Recent Progress in Taxonomic Studies, Biogeographic Analysis, and Revised Checklist of Amphibians in Indochina . Russian Journal of Herpetology . 28 . 3A . 47 . 10.30906/1026-2296-2021-28-3A-1-110 . 1026-2296.
  5. Bain . Raoul H. . Stuart . Bryan L. . Orlov . Nikolai L. . 2006 . http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2006)006[0043:tnisoc2.0.co;2 Three New Indochinese Species of Cascade Frogs (Amphibia: Ranidae) Allied to Rana archotaphus ]. Copeia . 2006 . 1 . 43–59 . 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)006[0043:tnisoc]2.0.co;2 . 0045-8511 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194342/http://www.bryanlstuart.com/site/Publications_files/Bain%20et%20al.%202006.pdf . 3 March 2016.

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