Biology:Amolops ricketti

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Short description: Species of frog

Amolops ricketti
South China Cascade Frog (Amolops ricketti) 華南湍蛙.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Amolops
Species:
A. ricketti
Binomial name
Amolops ricketti
(Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms

Rana ricketti Boulenger, 1899
Rhacophorus tonkinensis Ahl, 1926
Staurois ricketti ssp. minor Liu, 1950

Amolops ricketti (Chinese sucker frog or South China torrent frog) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that is found in southern and eastern China and northern and central montane Vietnam.[2]

George Albert Boulenger described Amolops ricketti based on two specimens collected by Irish ornithologist John D. La Touche in Guadun village in Wuyishan, Fujian, China . The specific name honours Mr. C. B. Rickett,[3] a British ornithologist active in China.[4]

Amolops ricketti is a small frog, males measuring about 56 mm (2.2 in) and females about 58 mm (2.3 in) in snout-vent length. Tadpoles are about 36 mm (1.4 in) in length.[5] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1]

Antimicrobial peptides that are candidates for developing novel anti-infection agents can be extracted from the skin secretions of Amolops ricketti.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Peter Paul van Dijk, Raoul Bain, Michael Wai Neng Lau, Zhao Ermi, Gu Huiqing (2004). "Amolops ricketti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58224A11752348. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58224A11752348.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58224/11752348. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Amolops ricketti (Boulenger, 1899)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Amolops/Amolops-ricketti. 
  3. Boulenger, George A. (1899). "On a collection of reptiles and batrachians made by Mr. J. D. La Touche in N.W. Fokien, China". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 159–172. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70008. 
  4. Kinnear, N. B. (1944). "Mr. C. B. Rickett". Nature 153 (3892): 677. doi:10.1038/153677b0. Bibcode1944Natur.153..677K. 
  5. Fei, L. (1999) (in zh). Atlas of Amphibians of China. Zhengzhou: Henan Press of Science and Technology. p. 242. ISBN 7-5349-1835-9. 
  6. Wang, H.; Ran, R.; Yu, H.; Yu, Z.; Hu, Y.; Zheng, H.; Wang, D.; Yang, F. et al. (2012). "Identification and characterization of antimicrobial peptides from skin of Amolops ricketti (Anura: Ranidae)". Peptides 33 (1): 27–34. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2011.10.030. PMID 22100518. 


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