Raorchestes flaviocularis

species of amphibian

Roarchestes flaviocularis is a frog. It lives in India. Scientists have seen it between 1459 and 1569 meters above sea level in the Western Ghat mountains.[2][3] People have seen it between 1400 and 1600 meters above sea level.[1]

Raorchestes flaviocularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:
R. flaviocularis
Binomial name
Raorchestes flaviocularis
Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014

People have seen this frog on Ochlandra grass and high up in the trees where the branches come together like a roof.[1]

Scientists say this frog is in danger of dying out because it lives in such a small place, and this place is changing. Climate chance could kill this frog: Because many frogs live high up in the hills, they cannot move away north if their home becomes hotter. The fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which causes the disease chytridiomycosis, can live on other frogs in Raorchestes, so scientists think it could make this frog sick too.[1]

First paper

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  • 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: 451–488.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Raorchestes flaviocularis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T73787557A73787739. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T73787557A73787739.en. 73787557. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes flaviocularis 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 24, 2023.
  3. "Raorchestes flaviocularis Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 24, 2023.