Amolops kaulbacki (Smith, 1940)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Amolops kaulbacki (common names: Burmese sucker frog, Kaulback's torrent frog) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that is found in northern Myanmar and Mizoram in northeastern India. It is named after Ronald Kaulback, a British botanist and explorer who collected the type series. Very little is known about this species.
Wikipedia contributors, Amolops kaulbacki; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:07:25.356323+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Amolops kaulbacki (Smith, 1940)
- Name authority
- (Smith, 1940)
- 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 kaulbacki (Smith, 1940)
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 hongkongensis (Pope & Romer, 1951) | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| Rana kaulbacki Smith, 1940 Smith, 1940 | 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=664901 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:66DYC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.