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Amphibians of China is an academic monograph based on decades of fieldwork research, laboratory research,and references to a large amount of literature. The whole book, in three volumes, is divided into two parts.The first part is an introduction section, including the history of Chinese amphibian studies,an overviewof China's nature, the biodiversity and geographical distribution of amphibians in China, the ecological typesof amphibians in China,and the taxonomic terms and measurement methods of amphibians. The second part,the taxonomic section, includes detailed descriptions of China's known 14 families, 96 genera,and more than600 species and subspecies with the Latin names,Enlish names, synonyms, morphological characteristics,biological data, population status, threatened category, geographical distribution, and taxonomic discussion.There are about 10,000 copies of various pictures,including some skeletal pictures that are presented for the firsttime.The whole book provides a comparison of the completely ossified characteristics of each genus or group ofspecies,providing a broad basis for the study on structure and function of frog body.

Volume I contains Gymnophiona,Urodela, and Anura (including Bombinatoridae, Megophryidae,Bufonidae,and Hylidae), with a total of 200 species and subspecis. Volume II includes Ranidae and Dicroglossidae, with a total of 187 species and subspecies. Volume III covers Occidozygidae, Ceratobatrachidae,Rhacophoridae,Microhylidae, and four introduced species for a total of 217 species.

Amphibians of China Volume II is divided into two parts. The first part consists of 2 families, 5 subfamilies,34 genera, 187 species and subspecies, and is accompanied by around 3200 various pictures. The second partis appendix, including keys of tadpoles and eggs, measurement data for adults, tadpoles, and eggs, skeletalterminology for adults, and karyotypes I and karyotypes II of Ranidae and Dicroglossidae. The second part alsoincludes geographic distribution of species, indexes of Latin names and English names, and images of Chinese type specimens from museum and other institutions.

The whole book is useful for researchers in scientific research institutions, university and college students, agricultural, forestry,and animal husbandry technicians, and for the staff of rare and endangered animal protection and management departments. In addition, this book can be used as a reference for customs, commodity inspection, and other departments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part I Family RANIDAE Batsch, 1796·2

Chapter 1 Subfamily AMOLOPINAE Fei, Ye and Huang,199010

1) Genus Amolops Cope,1865.12

Subgenus Amolops (Amolops) Cope, 186522

Amolops (Amolops) afghanus group·26

(1) Amolops (Amolops) afghanus (Günther, 1858)26

(2) Amolops (Amolops) argus (Annandale, 1912)30

(3) Amolops (Amolops) chapaensis (Bourret, 1937)32

(4) Amolops (Amolops) geminata (Bain et al.,2009).35

(5) Amolops (Amolops) gerbillus (Annandale, 1912).38

(6) Amolops (Amolops) yarlungzangbo Jiang, Wang, Li, Qi, Li and Che, 202040

Amolops (Amolops) daiyunensis group·44

(7) Amolops (Amolops) daiyunensis (Liu and Hu, 1975)44

(8) Amolops (Amolops) hongkongensis (Pope and Romer, 1951).47

(9) Amolops (Amolops) teochew Zeng, Wang, Lyu and Wang,2021·49

Amolops (Amolops) hainanensis group·52

(10) Amolops (Amolops) hainanensis (Boulenger,1899)52

(11) Amolops (Amolops) torrentis (Smith, 1923)55

Amolops (Amolops) granulosus group··57

(12)Amolops (Amolops) granulosus (Liu and Hu, 1961)57

Amolops (Amolops) mantzorum group···61

(13)Amolops (Amolops) beibengensis Jiang,Li, Zou,Yan and Che,2020·····62

(14) Amolops (Amolops) gyirongensis Jiang, Wang,Wang, Pan and Che,2020·64

(15)Amolops (Amolops) jinjiangensis Su, Yang and Li, 1986.68

(16) Amolops (Amolops) lifanensis (Liu, 1945)71

(17)Amolops (Amolops) loloensis (Liu, 1950)73

(18) Amolops (Amolops) mantzorum kangtingensis (Liu, 1950).76

(19) Amolops (Amolops) mantzorum mantzorum (David, 1871)...79

(20) Amolops (Amolops) pallasitatus Qi, Zhou, Lyu, Lu and Li, 2019.........82

(21) Amolops (Amolops) shuichengicus Lyu and Wang, 2019.85

(22) Amolops (Amolops) tuberodepressus Liu and Yang, 2000.··.87

(23) Amolops (Amolops) viridimaculatus (Jiang, 1983).··90

(24) Amolops (Amolops) wangyufani Jiang,2020.93

(25)Amolops(Amolops) xinduqiao Fei, Ye,Wang and Jiang,2017·.·...........96

Amolops (Amolops) ricketti group···································100

(26) Amolops (Amolops) albispinus Sung, Wang and Wang,2016·····100

(27) Amolops (Amolops) ricketti (Boulenger, 1899).··102

(28) Amolops (Amolops) sinensis Lyu, Wang and Wang, 2019.105

(29) Amolops (Amolops) wuyiensis (Liu and Hu, 1975)···108

(30) Amolops (Amolops) yatseni Lyu,Wang and Wang,2019.111

(31)Amolops (Amolops) yunkaiensis Lyu et al., 2018..113

Amolops (Amolops) splendissimus group·115

(32)Amolops (Amolops) medogensis Li and Rao,2005···············.116

(33) Amolops (Amolops) splendissimus Orlov and Ho, 2007···...118

Subgenus Amolops(Popeamolops) Fei and Ye, subgen.nov.121

Amolops(Popeamolops) aniqiaoensis group·········126

(34) Amolops (Popeamolops) adicola Patel, Garg,Das,Stuart and Biju, 2021·····126

(35)Amolops(Popeamolops) aniqiaoensis Dong, Rao and Lü,2005··········1·····

(36)Amolops(Popeamolops) chayuensis Sun, Luo, Sun and Zhang,2013···················132

(37)Amolops (Popeamolops) deng Jiang, Wang and Che,2020················135

(38)Amolops(Popeamolops)nyingchiensis Jiang, Wang,Xie,Jiang and Che,2016···········1

Amolops (Popeamolops) chunganensis group·······140

(39)Amolops(Popeamolops)bellulus Liu, Yang, Ferraris and Matsui, 2000.·141

(40)Amolops(Popeamolops) chaochin Jiang, Ren, Lyu and Li,2021.·143

(41)Amolops (Popeamolops) chunganensis (Pope, 1929)··147

(42)Amolops (Popeamolops) mengdingensis Yu, Wu and Yang,2019.··.········151

(43) Amolops(Popeamolops) tuanjieensis Gan, Yu and Wu, 2020·········153

(44)Amolops(Popeamolops) wenshanensis Yuan,Jin, Li, Stuart and Wu, 2018·····156

2) Genus Pseudoamolops Fei,Ye and Jiang,2000····159

(45)Pseudoamolops multidenticulatus (Chou and Lin, 1997)..167

(46)Pseudoamolops sauteri (Boulenger, 1909)170

Chapter 2 Subfamily RANINAE Batsch,1796.174

Tribe Glandiranini Fei, Ye and Jiang,2010····178

3) Genus Glandirana Fei, Ye and Huang,1990179

(47)Glandirana minima (Ting and Ts'ai, 1979).187

4) Genus Rugosa Fei, Ye and Huang,1990.190

(48) Rugosa emeljanovi (Nikolsky, 1913)196

(49)Rugosa tientaiensis (Chang, 1933).200

Tribe Hylaranini Fei,Ye and Jiang,2010.203

5) Genus Boulengerana Fei,Ye and Jiang,2010.203

(50)Boulengerana guentheri (Boulenger, 1882)··209

6)Genus Nidirana Dubois,1992..213

Nidirana adenopleura group····219

(51) Nidirana adenopleura (Boulenger, 1909).219

(52) Nidirana chapaensis (Bourret, 1937).223

(53) Nidirana guangdongensis Lyu,Wan and Wang, 2020..227

(54) Nidirana hainanensis (Fei, Ye and Jiang, 2007)229

(55)Nidirana leishanensis Li, Wei, Xu, Cui, Fei, Jiang, Liu and Wang, 2019.232

(56) Nidirana lini (Chou, 1999)·235

(57)Nidirana mangveni Lyu, Qi and Wang, 2020.·.238

(58)Nidirana nankunensis Lyu, Zeng, Wang, Lin, Liu and Wang, 2017···242

(59) Nidirana xiangica Lyu and Wang, 2020········244

(60) Nidirana yaoica Lyu, Mo, Wan, Li, Pang and Wang, 2019..247

Nidirana daunchina group··250

(61)Nidirana daunchina (Chang,1933)250

(62)Nidirana okinavana (Boettger, 1895)..253

(63) Nidirana yeae Wei, Li, Liu, Cheng, Xu and Wang,2020..256

7) Genus Sylvirana Dubois, 1992259

Sylvirana hekouensis group············265

(64) Sylvirana bannanica (Rao and Yang, 1997).265

(65)Sylvirana hekouensis (Fei, Ye and Jiang, 2008)267

(66)Sylvirana menglaensis(Fei,Ye and Xie,2008)·271

Sylvirana latouchii group·········277

(67) Sylvirana latouchii (Boulenger, 1899).277

(68)Sylvirana maosonensis (Bourret,1937).279

(69)Sylvirana spinulosa (Smith, 1923)282

Sylvirana cubitalis group········284

(70) Sylvirana cubitalis (Smith, 1917).284

(71) Sylvirana nigrotympanica(Dubois,1992).286

8) Genus Tenuirana Fei,Ye and Huang, 1990..290

(72) Tenuirana macrodactyla (Günther, 1858).299

(73) Tenuirana taipehensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)302

Tribe Bamburanini Fei and Ye,tribe nov...305

9)Genus Bamburana Fei, Ye and Huang,2005···305

(74)Bamburana exiliversabilis (Fei, Ye and Li, 2001)311

(75)Bamburana nasuta (Fei,Ye and Li, 2001)·314

(76)Bamburana versabilis (Liu and Hu, 1962)..317

(77) Bamburana yentuensis (Tran, Orlov and Nguyen,2008)320

10) Genus Viridirana Ye and Fei,gen. nov.323

(78) Viridirana chloronota (Günther, 1876)·330

(79)Viridirana feii(Xiong,2014)·············································333

(80) Viridirana graminea (Boulenger,1899)·336

(81) Viridirana leporipes (Werner, 1930)·339

(82) Viridirana rotodora (Yang and Rao,2008)·················343

11)Genus Wurana Li,Lu and Lü,2006·············345

(83) Wurana tormota (Wu,1977).········352

Tribe Odorranini Fei,Ye and Jiang,2010····355

12)Genus Eburana Dubois,1992······355

(84) Eburana swinhoana (Boulenger, 1903).360

(147)Marirana qiongensis Fei and Ye,sp. nov.639

24) Genus Minervarya Dubois, Ohlerand Biju,2001··643

(148)Minervarya chiangmaiensis (Suwannapoom,Yuan, Poyarkov, Yan, Kamtaeja, Murphy and Che, 2016)···649

Chapter4 Subfamily LIMNONECTINAE Dubois, 1992··653

25) Genus Limnonectes Fitzinger, 1843··658

(149)Limnonectes bannaensis Ye, Fei, Xie and Jiang, 2007...660

(150) Limnonectes fragilis (Liu and Hu, 1973)...663

(151)Limnonectes fujianensis Ye and Fei, 1994···665

(152)Limnonectes longchuanensis Suwannapoom, Yuan,Chen, Sullivan and McLeod, 2016··669

(153)Limnonectes nguyenorum McLeod,Kurlbaum and Hoang,2015...672

Chapter 5 Subfamily PAINAE Dubois, 1992······675

Tribe Feiranini Fei and Ye,tribe nov.···...............682

26) Genus Feirana Dubois,1992·········683

(154)Feirana kangxianensis Yang,Wang,Hu and Jiang,2011··········685

(155) Feirana quadranus (Liu, Hu and Yang,1960).·················689

(156) Feirana taihangnica (Chen and Jiang, 2002)··692

27) Genus Unculuana Fei,Ye and Huang,1990695

(157)Unculuana unculuanus (Liu,Hu and Yang,1960)·······705

28)Genus Yerana Jiang,Chen and Wang,2006····708

(158)Yerana yei (Chen, Qu and Jiang, 2002).·····715

Tribe Nanoranini Fei and Ye,tribe nov.····.....719

29) Genus Altirana Stejneger,1927····719

(159)Altirana parkeri Stejneger, 1927..730

30) Genus Nanorana Günther, 1896·732··················

(160)Nanorana pleskei Günther,1896······738

(161) Nanorana ventripunctata Fei and Huang,1985·.741

Tribe Paini Dubois,1992·743

31)Genus Gynandropaa Dubois,1992744

(162) Gynandropaa phrynoides (Boulenger,1917).··750

(163) Gynandropaa sichuanensis (Dubois, 1986)·754

(164)Gynandropaa yunnanensis bourreti (Dubois,1986)·········757

(165)Gynandropaa yunnanensisyunnanensis (Anderson,1878)····759

32) Genus Maculopaa Fei,Ye and Jiang,2010··763

(166)Maculopaa chayuensis (Ye, 1977)··767

(167)Maculopaa conaensis(Fei and Huang, 1981).771········

(168)Maculopaa maculosa (Liu, Hu and Yang, 1960).······························774

(169) Maculopaa medogensis (Fei and Ye1999).777

(170)Maculopaa zhaoermii (Qi, Zhou, Lu and Li, 2019)··780

··33)Genus Paa Dubois, 1975.·783

Paa blanfordii group·788

(171)Paa blanfordii(Boulenger, 1882)···788

(172)Paa polunini(Smith,1951)..792

(173)Paa rostandiDubois, 1973).795

Paa liebigii group·798

(174)Paa liebigii(Günther,1860)798

34) Genus Quasipaa Dubois,1992········801

Quasipaa boulengeri group··808

(175)Quasipaa boulengeri (Günther, 1889)·808

(176) Quasipaa robertingeri(Wu and Zhao, 1995).812

(177)Quasipaa shini(Ahl,1930)·815

Quasipaa spinosa group······818

(178) Quasipaa exilispinosa(Liu and Hu, 1975).··.818

(179)Quasipaa jiulongensis(Huang and Liu,1985).822

(180)Quasipaa spinosa (David, 1875)..824

Quasipaa verrucospinosa group···827

(181)Quasipaa verrucospinosa (Bourret,1937).827

Quasipaa xuelinensis group·830

(182) Quasipaa xuelinensis (Liu, Zhang and Rao, 2021)·.830

Species doubtfully reported from China·····833

(183) Annandia delacouri (Angel,1928).833

(184) Odorrana arunachalensis Saikia,Sinha and Kharkongor, 2017··836

Additional species·······839

(185) Nidirana guangxiensis Mo, Lyu, Huang,Liao and Wang,2021.839

(186)Odorrana (Odorrana) liboensis Luo, Wang, Xiao,Wang and Zhou,2021·841

(187)Pseudorana wuyiensis (Wu, Shi, Zhang, Chen, Cai, Hoang, Wu and Wang, 2021).843

Major References846

List of Tables876

Appendix1 Key to Tadpoles of Anura877

Appendix 2Key to Eggs of Chinese Anura883

Appendix 3 Terminology of Bones.886

Appendix 4 Measurements of Adults of Chinese A892

Appendix 5 Measurements of Tadpoles of Chinese Ar903

Appendix 6Measurements of Eggs of Chinese Anura911

Appendix 7Karyotypes of Chinese Anura (I)920

Appendix 8Karyotypes of Chinese Anura (II).932

Appendix 9 A List of the Species of Chinese Amphibia and Their Geographic Distribution942

Appendix 10 Museum and Other Institutions Where the Type Specimens of Chinese Amphibiawere Preserved·········957

Appendix 11 Pinyin and Abbreviations for the Provinces,Autonomous Regions,

and Municipalities Under the Central Government of China960

Index of Latin Names·961

Index of English Names.965

 

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