Suiyang County

Suiyang County (simplified Chinese: 绥阳县; traditional Chinese: 綏陽縣; pinyin: Suíyáng Xiàn) is a county in Guizhou Province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi. It has an area of 2,566 square kilometers and a population of 560,000 as of 2017.[1]

Suiyang County

绥阳县
Suiyang
Location of the seat in Guizhou
Suiyang
Suiyang (Southwest China)
Coordinates (Suiyang County government): 27°56′46″N 107°11′28″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuizhou
Prefecture-level cityZunyi
Area
  Total2,566 km2 (991 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
  Total560,000
  Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.suiyang.gov.cn

Suiyang leaf-litter toad, Leptobrachella suiyangensis, is only known from the Huoqiuba Nature Reserve in Suiyang County.[2]

Suiyang has a frog named after it, Leptobrachella suiyangensis

References

  1. 绥阳介绍 (in Chinese). Suiyang County People's Government. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Leptobrachella suiyangensis Luo, Xiao, Gao, and Zhou, 2020". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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