''Amolops chunganensis'' (common names: Chungan sucker frog, Chungan torrent frog) is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

in the family Ranidae. Its type locality, Kuatun village (Guadun in modern spelling) in Wuyishan,

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

. It is

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to central, southern and eastern China where it has a wide but scattered distribution (southern Shaanxi, southern Gansu, eastern Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan, and Fujian); records from Vietnam probably refer to '' Amolops mengyangensis''. ''Amolops chunganensis'' is a common species in suitable habitat. It is a territorial frog found in hill forests and on boulders along streams during the breeding season. It is not considered threatened by the

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although it is impacted by

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; it is also collected for local consumption.

References

chunganensis Amphibians described in 1929 Amphibians of China Endemic fauna of China Taxa named by Clifford H. Pope Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ranidae-stub