Amolops minutus Orlov and Ho, 2007

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ranidae > Genus: Amolops > Species: Amolops minutus

Amolops minutus Orlov and Ho, 2007, Russ. J. Herpetol., 14: 222. Holotype: ZISP 7609, by original designation. Type locality: "Ho Thau village, Ho Thau commune, Tam Duong district, Lai Chau Province, 22° 24′ 58.5″ N 103° 36′ 43.3″ E, altitude 2400 m a.s.l. (rapid stream on slope of Mu Hum mountain)".

English Names

Small Torrent Frog (Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021, Russ. J. Herpetol., 28 (3A): 45)

Distribution

Known  from the type locality, a swift stream on the slope of Mu Hum mountain, 2050-2400 m elevation, Ho Thau village, Ho Thau commune, Tam Duong district, Lai Chau Province, and Son La Province, Vietnam.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Vietnam

Endemic: Vietnam

Comment

In the Amolops mantzorum group of Jiang, Ren, Lyu, Wang, Wang, Lv, Wu, and Li, 2021, Zool. Res., Kunming, 42: 574–591. Pham, Nguyen, Tran, Le, Nguyen, Nguyen, Pham, Dang, and Doan, 2023, VNU J. Sci. Earth Environ. Sci., 39: 53–61, provided a record for Son La Province, Vietnam. 

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