Amolops gerbillus (Annandale, 1912)
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.
Amolops gerbillus, an Asian species of frog.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Amolops gerbillus, also known as the Yembung sucker frog or the gerbil stream frog, is a species of frog found in South Asia. It is native to Bhutan, northern and northeastern India, Myanmar, eastern Nepal and Tibet, where it is typically found in the south-facing foothills of the Himalayas, along high-elevation hillstreams, mountain creeks and ponds. It is an amphibious species, spending equal time basking in the sun and swimming and hunting in the water.
Wikipedia contributors, Amolops gerbillus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:06:45.085686+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Amolops gerbillus (Annandale, 1912)
- Name authority
- (Annandale, 1912)
- 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 gerbillus (Annandale, 1912)
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 kaulbacki (Smith, 1940) | RanidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amolops daorum (Bain, Lathrop, Murphy, Orlov & Ho, 2003) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Ixalus argus Annandale, 1912 Annandale, 1912 | synonym |
| Rhacophorus argus (Annandale, 1912) (Annandale, 1912) | synonym |
| Philautus argus (Annandale, 1912) (Annandale, 1912) | synonym |
| Rana gerbillus Annandale, 1912 Annandale, 1912 | synonym |
| Amolops yarlungzangbo Jiang, Wang, Li, Qi, Li & Che in Che et al., 2020 Jiang, Wang, Li, Qi, Li & Che in Che et al., 2020 | 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=664893 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:66DYR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.