''Amolops shillong'' is a species of cascade-dwelling

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order (biology), order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough ski ...

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, '' Amolops''. ''A. shillong'' is found within the urban landscape of

Shillong Shillong (, ) is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India. It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in India, 330th most populous city ...

, the capital city of

Meghalaya Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...

Northeast India Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region (NER), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political Administrative divisions of India, administrative division of the country. It comprises eight States and ...

. This species is differentiated from other species based on a distinct set of morphological characters and its isolated geographical space.Saikia, B., Sinha, B., Shabnam, A., Lyngkhoi, E., Pdah, D. S. M., & Dinesh, K. P. (2025). Concealed in the urban landscape: discovery and description of a novel shallow divergent lineage of ''Amolops'' Cope (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from Meghalaya, North-East India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 125(2), 111–122. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v125/i2/2025/172851

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shillong Shillong (, ) is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India. It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in India, 330th most populous city ...

Amphibians described in 2025 Frogs of India {{Ranidae-stub