Amolops Mantzorum
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''Amolops mantzorum'', commonly known as the Sichuan torrent frog or Kangting sucker 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. It is found in
Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
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Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
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Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
Provinces of China. It has recently been reported also from Bhutan. ''Amolops mantzorum'' is an abundant species found in large streams and small rivers, in forest and shrubland. Male frogs measure and females frogs in snout–vent length.


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mantzorum Amphibians of Bhutan Frogs of China Taxa named by Armand David Amphibians described in 1872 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ranidae-stub