Amolops Panhai
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''Amolops panhai'', commonly known as the peninsular torrentfrog, is a species of
true frog True frogs is the common name for the frog family (biology), family Ranidae. They have the widest distribution of any frog family. They are abundant throughout most of the world, occurring on all continents except Antarctica. The true frogs are p ...
that can be found in western and peninsular
Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
and in eastern
Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
. It is associated with streams and waterfalls in moist lowland forests. Its common name in Thai are ''Marbled Tenasserim Frog'' (กบลายหินตะนาวศรี) and ''Panha's Marbled Frog'' (กบลายหินปัญหา). The
specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
honours Thai herpetologist, invertebrate biologist and malacologist Prof. Dr. Somsak Panha, professor of Department of Biology, Faculty of Science,
Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University (CU; ; , ) is a public university, public Autonomous university, autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally founded during King Chulalongkorn's reign as a school for training ro ...
, who is key personnel in herpetology and malacology of Thailand.


References

panhai Amphibians described in 2006 Amphibians of Myanmar Amphibians of Thailand {{Ranidae-stub