Raorchestes kakkayamensis

Raorchestes kakkayamensis
DD (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:
R. kakkayamensis
Binomial name
Raorchestes kakkayamensis
Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021
Synonyms[2]
  • Philautus kakkayamensis Gururaja, Dinesh, Palot, Radhakrishnan, and Ramachandra, 2007
  • Pseudophilautus kakkayamensis Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009
  • Raorchestes kakkayamensis Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010

The Kakkayam shrub frog (Raorchestes ochlandrae) is a frog. It lives in India. Scientists have seen this frog in one place: Kakkayam in the Western Ghat mountains, about 750 meters above sea level.[2][3] People have seen this frog about 750 meters above sea level.[1]

People saw this frog in forest that had never been cut down and nearby forest that had been cut down and was growing back. People saw them on the ground with the dead leaves or on plants as high as 3 m above the ground.[1]

Like other frogs in Raorchestes, this frog hatches out of its egg as a small frog with no free-swimming tadpole stage.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Kakkayam Shrub Frog: Raorchestes kakkayamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T197945831A197945856. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T197945831A197945856.en. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes ochlandrae Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Raorchestes kakkayamensis Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 21, 2023.