Raorchestes akroparallagi

Raorchestes akroparallagi
LC (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:
R. akroparallagi
Binomial name
Raorchestes akroparallagi
(Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)
Synonyms[2]
  • Philautus akroparallagi Biju and Bossuyt, 2009
  • Pseudophilautus akroparallagi Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009
  • Raorchestes akroparallagi Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010

The variable bush frog (Raorchestes akroparallagi) is a frog. It lives in India. Scientists have seen it in the Western Ghat mountains between 180 and 1425 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

People have seen this frog in many different kinds of places: evergreen forests, forests that have been cut down and grown back, teak farms, and plants near roads. The frogs sit on plants 1 to 2 meters above the ground. Like other frogs in Raorchestes, this frog hatches from its egg as a small frog and never swims as a tadpole.[1]

Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place and because it is good at living in places that human beings have changed. One of the places this frog lives, Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, is a protected park.[1]

First paper

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  • Biju SD; Bossuyt F (2009). "Systematics and phylogeny of Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species". Zool J Linn Soc (Abstract). 155: 374–444. Retrieved August 29, 2023.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Variable Bush Frog: Raorchestes akroparallagi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T186158A166114601. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T186158A166114601.en. 186158. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes jayarami (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Raorchestes akroparallagi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 29, 2023.