Raorchestes vellikkannan
species of amphibian
The silver-eyed shrub frog (Raorchestes vellikkannan) is a species of frog. It lives in India.[2][3] Scientists have seen it in the Western Ghat mountains in the state of Kerala.[4][1]
| Raorchestes vellikkannan | |
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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. vellikkannan
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| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes vellikkannan Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021
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Scientists do not know much about this frog. People have seen it 856 meters above sea level, north of the Palghat Gap.[1]
Scientists think this frog hatches out of its egg as a small frog and never swims as a tadpole. They think this because that is what other frogs in Raorchestes do.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Silver-eyed Shrub Frog: Raorchestes vellikkannan". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T197946021A197946034. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T197946021A197946034.en. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes vellikkannan Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ↑ "Raorchestes vellikkannan Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ↑ Garg S; Suyesh R; Das S; Bee MA; Biju SD (March 3, 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 August 18, 2023.
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