Metadata

Oreolalax rhodostigmatus

Hu and Fei In Liu, Hu, and Fei 1979

ORDERFAMILY
AnuraMegophryidae

Note

This species of frog has effectively troglobitic larvae which are troglomorphic but whose adults are not troglomorphic and are effectively troglophilic and/or epigean. It is an important source of potenetial information on the evolution of troglomorphy.

Synonyms

Scutiger rhodostigmatus   (Hu and Fei 1979)

Country

China

Conservation Status

VU A2ac [Oreolalax rhodostigmatus]

Internet Resources

Amphibians of the world

Wikipedia

Chromosome-level assembly of Oreolalax rhodostigmatus genome and transcriptome reveals cave adaptation

GBIF

World Species

Key References

Liu, C.C.., Hu, S.Q. and Fei, L. Journal Article 1979 Five new pelobatid toads from China
Wei, G., Wang, B., Xu, N., Li, Z. and Jiang, J. Journal Article 2009 Morphological evolution from aquatic to terrestrial in the genus Oreolalax (Amphibia, Anura, Megophryidae)
Zhu, W., Liu, L., Wang, X., Gao, X., Jiang, J. and Wang, B. Journal Article 2018 Transcriptomics reveals the molecular processes of light-induced rapid darkening of the non-obligate cave dweller Oreolalax rhodostigmatus (Megophryidae, Anura) and their genetic basis of pigmentation strategy
Zhao, Y., Chen, J., Wang, Z., Zhang, Z., Wu, M. and Yang, L. Journal Article 2018 The complete mitochondrial genome of the vulnerable megophryid frog Oreolalax rhodostigmatus (Anura, Megophryidae)
Zeng, P. , Ma, X. ,Zhong, X. ,Zhang, R. and Huang, F. Journal Article 2024 Macrogenomic analysis reveals feeding and habitat adaptation related to the gut microbiota of the non-obligate cave dweller Oreolalax rhodostigmatus (Megophryidae, Anura) among cave and culture environments
Zhu, W., Chang, L., Shi, S., Lu, N., Du, S., Li, J., Jiang, J., and Wang, B. Journal Article 2024 Gut microbiota reflect adaptation of cave-dwelling tadpoles to resource scarcity
Lu, N., Zhu, W. and Wang, B. Web Page 2025 Chromosome-level assembly of Oreolalax rhodostigmatus genome and transcriptome reveals cave adaptation
Ma, X., Zhong, X., Tianyang, Z., Zhang, R., Zeng, P., Liu, T. and Huang, F. Journal Article 2025 Microstructure and transcriptomics reveal rapid light-induced visual plasticity in the non-obligate cave dweller Oreolalax rhodostigmatus (Megophryidae, Anura)
Lu, N., Zhu, W., Tang, C.Y., Yan, C., Chen, Q., Wu, W., Chang, L., Jiang, J., Li, J.T. and Wang, B. Journal Article 2025 Genome of a stage-dependent cave-dwelling frog reveals the genetic mechanism of an extremely divergent biphasic life cycle
Ma, X., Zhong, X., Zhang, T., Zhang, R., Zeng, P., Liu, T. and Huang, F. Journal Article 2025 Microstructure and transcriptomics reveal rapid light-induced visual plasticity in the non-obligate cave dweller Oreolalax rhodostigmatus (Megophryidae, Anura)
Zhu, W., Chang, L., Lu, N., Jiang, J., Ni, R. and Wang, B. Journal Article 2026 Stage dependent plasticity and the evolution of a non-obligate cave dwelling life cycle in frogs