''Amolops ricketti'' (Chinese sucker frog or South China torrent frog) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that is found in southern and eastern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and northern and central montane Vietnam.

George Albert Boulenger George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botani ...

described ''Amolops ricketti'' based on two specimens collected by Irish ornithologist John D. La Touche in Guadun village in Wuyishan, Fujian,

. The

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honours Mr. C. B. Rickett, a British ornithologist active in China. ''Amolops ricketti'' is a small frog, males measuring about and females about in snout-vent length. Tadpoles are about in length. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is not considered threatened by the

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. Antimicrobial peptides that are candidates for developing novel anti-infection agents can be extracted from the skin secretions of ''Amolops ricketti''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2698157 ricketti Amphibians of China Amphibians of Vietnam Amphibians described in 1899 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Taxonomy articles created by Polbot