Raorchestes sanjappai
species of amphibian
The Periya bush frog or Sanjappa's bush frog (Raorchestes sanjappai) is a frog. It lives in India. Scientists saw it in Periya in the Western Ghat mountains, 750 meters above sea level.[2][3][1][4]
| Raorchestes sanjappai | |
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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. sanjappai
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| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes sanjappai Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee & Biju, 2021
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Scientists do not know much about this frog. It looks like other frogs in Raorchestes. Like other frogs in Raorchestes, it hatches out of its egg as a small frog and never swims as a tadpole.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Sanjappa's Shrub Frog: Raorchestes sanjappai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T197945982A197945999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T197945982A197945999.en. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes sanjappai Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee & Biju, 2021". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ↑ "Raorchestes sanjappai Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee & Biju, 2021". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ↑ Garg S; Suyesh R; Das S; Bee MA; Biju SD (2021). "An integrative approach to infer systematic relationships and define species groups in the shrub frog genus Raorchestes, with description of five new species from the Western Ghats, India". PeerJ (Abstract): 9:e10791. doi:10.7717/peerj.10791. PMID 33717674. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
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