Amolops terraorchis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ranidae
Genus: Amolops
Species: Amolops terraorchis

Name

Amolops terraorchis Saikia, Sinha, Laskar, Shabnam & Dinesh, 2022: 322

• Holotype: V/A/NERC/1702, adult ♂, collected by Bikramjit Sinha on 31 August 2019.
• Type locality: “Sessa River (27.1045 N, 92.5268 E, 1429 m), Sessa Orchid Sanctuary, Sessa, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India”.

References

Primary references

• Saikia, B., Sinha, B., Laskar, M.A., Shabnam, A. & Dinesh, K.P. 2022. A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) representing the morphological ‘Marmoratus species group’ from Sessa Orchid Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122(3): 303–322. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i3/2022/167288 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Sessa Cascade Frog