Raorchestes ponmudi
The karge Ponmudi bush frog (Raorchestes ponmudi) is a frog. It lives in southern India. Scientists saw this frog on Ponmudi Hill in the Western Ghat mountains, about 1000 meters above sea level. The frogs were sitting on plants 8-15 meters off the ground, high in the trees where the branches touch. Most of the time, people see them in evergreen trees. Sometimes people see them on coffee plants.[2][3][1][4]
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LC (IUCN3.1Q)[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. ponmudi
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| Raorchestes ponmudi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2005)
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The adult frog is 35.9-38.9 mm long from nose to rear end. Unlike other frog species, the male frogs of R. ponmudi are larger than the female frogs. They are larger than all other frogs and toads where they live.[3][4]
Each frog has two stripes from their eyes to their rear end. These stripes make an X on the back. There is a light brown between the eyes. The skin of the frog's belly is gray-yellow in color with some white and black. The back legs are light brown with gray marks. The iris of the eye is gold-bronw in color with a gray circle. There is some green color on the front legs.[3]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Kudremukh Bush Frog: Raorchestes ponmudi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T58916A166108423. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T58916A166108423.en. 58916. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes ponmudi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2005)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jan Bettgenhaeuser; Travis Kirk; Megan Blandford (November 7, 2008). Mingna (Vicky) Zhuang; Michelle S. Koo (eds.). "Raorchestes ponmudi (Biju and Bossuyt, 2005)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Biju SD; Bossuyt F (2005). "New species of Philautus (Anura:Ranidae:Rhacophorinae) from Ponmudi Hill in the Western Ghats of India". J. Herpetol. (Abstract). 39: 349–353. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
