Raorchestes aureus
species of amphibian
Raorchestes archeos is a species of frog. It only lives in a place in India, Elivalmalai Massif in the Western Ghat mountains. Scientists have seen it about 1524 meters above sea level.[2][3][4][1]
| Raorchestes aureus | |
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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. aureus
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| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes aureus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014
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People have seen this frog in grasses near forest and in forest near grasses.[1]
Scientists say this frog is in much danger of dying out because it lives in such a small place, only ten square kilometers, and human beings are still changing that place, especially to make large coffee farms.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Raorchestes aureus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T73786986A73787000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T73786986A73787000.en. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
- ↑ Vijayakumar SP; Dinesh KP; Prabhu MV; Shanker K (2014). "Lineage delimitation and description of nine new species of bush frogs (Anura: Raochestes, Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats escarpment". Zootaxa. 3893 (4): 451–488. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3893.4.1. PMID 25544534.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes leucolatus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Raorchestes aureus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
