Suiyang County

Suiyang County
绥阳县
Suiyang is located in Guizhou
Suiyang
Suiyang
Location of the seat in Guizhou
Suiyang is located in Southwest China
Suiyang
Suiyang
Suiyang (Southwest China)
Coordinates (Suiyang County government): 27°56′46″N 107°11′28″E / 27.9462°N 107.1912°E / 27.9462; 107.1912
CountryChina
ProvinceGuizhou
Prefecture-level cityZunyi
County seatYangchuan
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 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 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
  1. ^ 绥阳介绍 (in Chinese (China)). 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.