Raorchestes chromasynchysi

species of amphibian

The confusing green bush frog or variable bush frog (Raorchestes chromasynchysi) is a frog. It lives in India. Scientists have seen it in the Western Ghat mountains.[2][3] People have seen it between 800 and 1500 meters above sea level.[1]

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

This frog lives in a special kind of forest called a shola forest. These forests are high in the hills, and they have evergreen trees and shrubs. People have also seen it on coffee and cardamom farms. Like other frogs in Raorchestes, this frog hatches out of its egg as a small frog.[1]

Scientists say this frog is in some danger of dying out because it lives in a few small places, because it is hard for the frogs to move between those places, and because human beings still change those faces, especially to make coffee farms.[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). "Confusing Green Bushfrog: Raorchestes chromasynchysi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T187830A166115729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T187830A166115729.en. 187830. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes chromasynchysi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  3. "Raorchestes chromasynchysi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 2, 2023.