"Cascade frog" redirects here. Not to be confused with Cascades frog.
"Sucker frog" redirects here. For the frog in the Odorrana genus, see Vietnam sucker frog.
Amolops (commonly known as cascade frogs or sucker frogs) is a genus of true frogs (familyRanidae) native mainly to eastern and south-eastern Asia. These frogs are closely related to such genera as Huia, Meristogenys, Odorrana, Pelophylax and Rana, but still form a distinct lineage among the core radiation of true frogs.[1] They are commonly known as "torrent frogs" after their favorite habitat - small rapid-flowing mountain and hill streams - but this name is used for many similar-looking frogs regardless of whether they are loosely related.
Several species are highly convergent with other Ranidae "torrent frogs". A. archotaphus and its relatives for example very much resemble Odorrana livida. In another incidence of convergent evolution yielding adaptation to habitat, the tadpoles of Amolops, Huia, Meristogenys as well as Rana sauteri have a raised and usually well-developed sucker on their belly. This is useful in keeping in place in rocky torrents, where these frogs grow up. But as Odorrana and Staurois from comparable habitat prove, this sucker is by no means a necessity and other means of adaptation to torrent habitat exist.[2]
Speciesedit
The delimitation of this genus has proven complicated, with many species believed to belong elsewhere. Due to the degree of convergent evolution, DNA sequence studies are very helpful in assigning species to the genera, though the possibility of past hybridization cannot be discounted in Ranidae.[1]
New species are described on a regular basis. At least one undescribed species is known to exist, a very distinct form from Phetchaburi in Thailand that is possibly closer to A. marmoratus than to most others.[3]
Cai, Hong-xia; Che, Jing, Pang, Jun-feng; Zhao, Er-mi & Zhang, Ya-ping (2007): Paraphyly of Chinese Amolops (Anura, Ranidae) and phylogenetic position of the rare Chinese frog, Amolops tormotus. Zootaxa1531: 49–55. PDF abstract and first page text
Stuart, Bryan L. (2008): The phylogenetic problem of Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.46(1): 49–60. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.016 (HTMl abstract)
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Cascade frog redirects here Not to be confused with Cascades frog Sucker frog redirects here For the frog in the Odorrana genus see Vietnam sucker frog Amolops commonly known as cascade frogs or sucker frogs is a genus of true frogs family Ranidae native mainly to eastern and south eastern Asia These frogs are closely related to such genera as Huia Meristogenys Odorrana Pelophylax and Rana but still form a distinct lineage among the core radiation of true frogs 1 They are commonly known as torrent frogs after their favorite habitat small rapid flowing mountain and hill streams but this name is used for many similar looking frogs regardless of whether they are loosely related Cascade frogs Amolops panhai Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Amphibia Order Anura Family Ranidae Genus AmolopsCope 1865 Species Many see text Several species are highly convergent with other Ranidae torrent frogs A archotaphus and its relatives for example very much resemble Odorrana livida In another incidence of convergent evolution yielding adaptation to habitat the tadpoles of Amolops Huia Meristogenys as well as Rana sauteri have a raised and usually well developed sucker on their belly This is useful in keeping in place in rocky torrents where these frogs grow up But as Odorrana and Staurois from comparable habitat prove this sucker is by no means a necessity and other means of adaptation to torrent habitat exist 2 Species editThe delimitation of this genus has proven complicated with many species believed to belong elsewhere Due to the degree of convergent evolution DNA sequence studies are very helpful in assigning species to the genera though the possibility of past hybridization cannot be discounted in Ranidae 1 New species are described on a regular basis At least one undescribed species is known to exist a very distinct form from Phetchaburi in Thailand that is possibly closer to A marmoratus than to most others 3 Amolops afghanus Gunther 1858 Amolops akhaorum Stuart Bain Phimmachak and Spence 2010 Amolops albispinus Sung Hu Wang Liu and Wang 2016 Amolops aniqiaoensis Dong Rao and Lu 2005 Amolops archotaphus Inger and Chan ard 1997 Amolops assamensis Sengupta et al 2008 Amolops australis Chan Abraham Grismer and Grismer 2018 Amolops bellulus Liu Yang Ferraris and Matsui 2000 Amolops caelumnoctis Rao and Wilkinson 2007 Amolops chakrataensis Ray 1992 Amolops chayuensis Sun Luo Sun and Zhang 2013 Amolops chunganensis Pope 1929 Amolops compotrix Bain Stuart and Orlov 2006 Amolops cremnobatus Inger and Kottelat 1998 Amolops cucae Bain Stuart and Orlov 2006 Amolops daiyunensis Liu amp Hu 1975 Amolops daorum Bain Lathrop Murphy Orlov and Ho 2003 Amolops formosus Gunther 1876 Amolops gerbillus Annandale 1912 Amolops gerutu Chan Abraham Grismer and Grismer 2018 Amolops granulosus Liu and Hu 1961 Amolops hainanensis Boulenger 1900 Amolops himalayanus Boulenger 1888 Amolops hongkongensis Pope and Romer 1951 Hong Kong Cascade Frog Amolops indoburmanensis Dever Fuiten Konu and Wilkinson 2012 Amolops iriodes Bain and Nguyen 2004 Amolops jaunsari Ray 1992 Amolops jinjiangensis Su Yang and Li 1986 Amolops kaulbacki Smith 1940 Amolops kohimaensis Biju Mahony and Kamei 2010 Amolops larutensis Boulenger 1899 Amolops lifanensis Liu 1945 Amolops loloensis Liu 1950 Amolops longimanus Andersson 1939 Amolops mantzorum David 1872 Amolops marmoratus Blyth 1855 Amolops medogensis Li and Rao 2005 Amolops mengdingensis Yu Wu and Yang 2019 Amolops mengyangensis Wu and Tian 1995 Amolops minutus Orlov and Ho 2007 Amolops monticola Anderson 1871 Amolops nidorbellus Biju Mahony and Kamei 2010 Amolops nyingchiensis Jiang Wang Xie Jiang and Che 2016 Amolops ottorum Pham Sung Pham Le Ziegler and Nguyen 2019 Amolops pallasitatus Qi Zhou Lyu Lu and Li 2019 Amolops panhai Matsui amp Nabhitabhata 2006 Amolops ricketti Boulenger 1899 Amolops shuichengicus Lyu and Wang 2019 Amolops sinensis Lyu Wang and Wang 2019 Amolops spinapectoralis Inger Orlov and Darevsky 1999 Amolops splendissimus Orlov and Ho 2007 Amolops torrentis Smith 1923 Amolops tuberodepressus Liu and Yang 2000 Amolops viridimaculatus Jiang 1983 Amolops vitreus Bain Stuart and Orlov 2006 Amolops wenshanensis Yuan Jin Li Stuart and Wu 2018 Amolops wuyiensis Liu and Hu 1975 Amolops xinduqiao Fei Ye Wang and Jiang 2017 Amolops yatseni Lyu Wang and Wang 2019 Amolops yunkaiensis Lyu Wang Liu Zeng and Wang 2018Footnotes edit a b Cai et al 2007 Stuart 2008 Stuart 2008 Cai et al 2007 References editCai Hong xia Che Jing Pang Jun feng Zhao Er mi amp Zhang Ya ping 2007 Paraphyly of Chinese Amolops Anura Ranidae and phylogenetic position of the rare Chinese frog Amolops tormotus Zootaxa 1531 49 55 PDF abstract and first page text Stuart Bryan L 2008 The phylogenetic problem of Huia Amphibia Ranidae Mol Phylogenet Evol 46 1 49 60 doi 10 1016 j ympev 2007 09 016 HTMl abstract nbsp This true frog article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it 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