Raorchestes chotta

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

The small bush frog (Raorchestes chotta) is a frog. It lives in India. Scientists have seen it in only one place: Ponmudi in the Western Ghat mountains.[2][3] People have seen it between 600 and 980 meters above sea level.[1]

People have seen this frog in evergreen forests and on one tea farm. This frog hatches out of its egg as a small frog and is never a tadpole.[1]

Scientists say this frog is in danger of dying out because it lives in a small place and people are changing this place in ways that make it harder for the frog to live there. People change the forests into farms for tea and areca nut. One of the places this frog lives is a park: Ponmudi Reserve Forest.[1]

Scientists think the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis could makethis frog sick because it can make other frogs in Raorchestes sick, but they are not sure.[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 155 (Abstract): 374–444. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00466.x. Retrieved August 19, 2023.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Small Bushfrog: Raorchestes chotta". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T186160A166114872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T186160A166114872.en. 186160. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes chotta (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Raorchestes chotta (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 19, 2023.