Amolops shillong

Amolops shillong
Scientific classification
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


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