Amolops granulosus (Liu and Hu, 1961)
Staurois granulosus Liu and Hu, 1961, Tailless Amph. China: 233. Holotype: CIB 55321, by original designation. Type locality: Mao Xian, Sichuan, altitude 1500 m, China.
Amolops granulosus — Inger, 1966, Fieldiana, Zool., 52: 256. by implication; Zhao in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 453.
Amolops (Amolops) granulosus — Dubois, 1992, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 61: 321.
English Names
Sichuan Sucker Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 97).
Granular Torrent Frog (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 234).
Distribution
Forest streams of eastern Sichuan and western Hubei, 650-1750 m elevation, China.
Comment
See brief account, map, and figure in Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 234-235. Fei and Ye, 2001, Color Handbook Amph. Sichuan: 204-205, provided a brief account and illustration. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 3: 1526-1530, provided an account, figures, and range map, and included the species in their Amolops mantzorum group. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 401, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens and habitat.
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