Range extension of Amolops himalayanus (Boulenger, 1888) (Anura, Ranidae), first record from China and first description of the juvenile of this species

By

Wang, Jishan
Liu, Shuo
Wang, Hengying
Wang, Mo
Rao, Dingqi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-3-14

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--13

Subjects

16S rRNA , Distribution , Morphology , Xizang Autonomous Region , Yadong County

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e148957

 

Abstract

Amolops himalayanus (Boulenger, 1888) is a poorly-known species which was originally described from north-eastern India over a hundred years ago. Currently, A. himalayanus is known only from India and Nepal and there is no reliable re-description or photos of this species reported.<br> We record Amolops himalayanus (Boulenger, 1888) from China for the first time, based on one specimen collected from Yadong County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China. Although the specimen from China is a juvenile, however, phylogenetically, it was clustered with the syntype of A. himalayanus and the specimens of this species from Nepal with strong support and the genetic distance between the specimen from China and the syntype of A. himalayanus was only 0.7% in 16S gene sequences. We provide a description of the juvenile specimen and, in addition, we provide reliable photos of this species in life for the first time.