Raorchestes manipurensis
species of amphibian
Leimatak's bush frog (Raorchestes manipurensis) is a frog. It lives in India, in Manipur and Meghalaya. Scientists have seen it in the Western Ghat mountains.[2][3] People have seen it between 636 and 685 meters above sea level.[1]
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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. manipurensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes manipurensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)
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Scientists found this frog in the dry place where a river had been. It was near bamboo. The frogs hid under small rocks and dry leaves. Scientists think this frog hatches out of its egg as a small frog, like other frogs in Raorchestes.[1]
First paper
change- Mathew R; Sen N. (2009). "Studies on little known amphibian species of northeast India". Rec. Zool. Surv. India Occ. Paper (Abstract). 293: 1–64.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Leimatak's Bush Frog: Raorchestes manipurensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T202903A2757729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T202903A2757729.en. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes manipurensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- ↑ "Pseudophilautus manipurensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
