Amolops hongkongensis (Pope & Romer, 1951)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Hong Kong Cascade Frog, (Amolops hongkongensis). Taken in Ma On Shan Country Park.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Hong Kong cascade frog or Hong Kong torrent frog (Amolops hongkongensis) is a species of true frog from southern coastal China, once thought to be endemic to Hong Kong. Their eggs are laid on rock faces in the splash zones of cascades. In Hong Kong, it is a protected species under Wild Animals Protection Ordinance Cap 170.
Wikipedia contributors, Hong Kong cascade frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:07:25.355323+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Amolops hongkongensis (Pope & Romer, 1951)
- Name authority
- (Pope & Romer, 1951)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ranidae
- Genus
- Amolops
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyRanidae Batsch, 1796
- genusAmolops Cope, 1865
- speciesAmolops hongkongensis (Pope & Romer, 1951)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Amolops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Amolops indoburmanensis Dever, Fuiten, Konu & Wilkinson, 2012 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amolops himalayanus (Boulenger, 1888) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amolops jaunsari Ray, 1992 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amolops hainanensis (Boulenger, 1900) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amolops jinjiangensis Su, Yang & Li, 1986 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amolops kohimaensis Biju, Mahony & Kamei, 2010 | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amolops kaulbacki (Smith, 1940) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amolops daorum (Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov & Ho, 2003) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amolops gerbillus (Annandale, 1912) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amolops formosus (Günther, 1876) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amolops senchalensis (Chanda, 1987) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amolops lifanensis (Liu, 1945) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Staurois hongkongensis Pope & Romer, 1951 Pope & Romer, 1951 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=664897 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:66DY8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.