Raorchestes hillisi
species of amphibian
Raorchestes hillisi is a frog. It lives in China. The scientists found 1719 meters above sea level.[1][2]
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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. hillisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes hillisi Jiang, Wang, Ren, and Li, 2020
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The adult male frog is about 16.6–21.6 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 18.9–20.5 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is brown with a darker mark between the eyes in the shape of a triangle There are some yellow spots on top of the head. Some frogs have small white bumps. Some frogs have a light line on the top of the body The belly is white-gray in color.[3]
Scientists named this frog after Dr. David M. Hillis of the University of Texas.[3]
References
change- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes huanglianshan (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ↑ "Raorchestes hillisi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jiang K; J Ren; J Wang; J Guo; Z Wang; Y Liu; D Jiang; J Li (2020). "Taxonomic revision of Raorchestes menglaensis (Kou, 1990) (Amphibia: Anura), with descriptions of two new species from Yunnan, China". Asian Herpetological Research (Full text). 11: 263–281. doi:10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200018. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
