Raorchestes crustai

species of amphibian

Roarchestes crustai is a frog. It lives in India. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place in the Western Ghat mountains, between 600 and 1500 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

Raorchestes crustai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:
R. crustai
Binomial name
Raorchestes crustai
Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011

Some of the places this frog lives are protected parks.[1]

First paper

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  • 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 (Preview). 5 (1): 25–48. Retrieved September 19, 2023.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Raorchestes crustai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T56041267A56041271. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T56041267A56041271.en. 56041267. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes crustai 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 19, 2023.
  3. "Raorchestes crustai Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 19, 2023.