Raorchestes johnceei
| Raorchestes johnceei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Raorchestes |
| Species: | R. johnceei
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| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes johnceei Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011
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Raorchestes johnceei is a frog. It lives in India. Scientists have seen it between 900 and 1300 meters above sea level in the Western Ghat mountains.[2][3][1]
People have seen this frog on reed plants that grow high in the hills, for example Ochlandra travancorica. This frog lays eggs in bamboo plants. This frog hatches out of its egg as a small frog. It never swims as a tadpole.[1]
Scientists say this frog is in danger of dying out because it lives in such a small place. Humans cut down the reeds the frog lives on to build fences and to keep elephants away. When they take the reeds away, they take the frog away too. Scientists say that climate change could also hurt this frog. Because it lives high in the hills, the frogs cannot move north to colder places. They would have to climb down the hills to warmer places first. Scientists have seen the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on other frogs in Raorchestes, so they think it could infect R. jayarami too. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis causes the fungal disease chytridiomycosis.[1][1]
First paper
[change | change source]- Zachariah A; Dinesh KP; Kunhikrishnan E; Das S; Raju DV; Radhakrishnan C; Palot MJ; Kalesh S (2011). "Nine new species of frogs of the genus Raorchestes (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Western Ghats, India". Biosystematica (Excerpt). 5 (1): 25–48. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Raorchestes johnceei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T56041257A56041261. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T56041257A56041261.en. 56041214. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes johnceei Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
- ↑ "Raorchestes johnceei Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
