Rohanixalus shyamrupus

species of amphibian

The hornbill bubble-nest frog, Shyamrup's bush frog, or Shyamrup's bubble-nest frog (Rohanixalus shyamrupus) is a frog. It lives in India. Scientists think it might also live in Myanmar.[2][3][1]

Rohanixalus shyamrupus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Rohanixalus
Species:
R. shyamrupus
Binomial name
Rohanixalus shyamrupus
(Chanda and Ghosh, 1989)
Synonyms[2]
  • Philautus shyamrupus Chanda and Ghosh, 1989
  • Chirixalus shyamrupus Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001
  • Chiromantis shyamrupus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
  • Rohanixalus shyamrupus Biju, Garg, Gokulakrishnan, Sivaperuman, Thammachoti, Ren, Gopika, Bisht, Hamidy, and Shouche, 2020
  • Feihyla shyamrupus Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021

This frog lives in forests. People see it near the outsides of forests, not in the middle. They also see it on farms, near places where people live, and in forests that have been cut down and are growing back. It does not need the tree branches to come together like a roof but it does need many smaller plants. People have seen this frog between 200 and 1600 meters above sea level.[1]

One of the places this frog lives is a protected park: Namdapha National Park. Scientists think it could also live in Pakke Tiger Reserve.[1]

This frog lays eggs on plants in wet land near water. The female frog makes a nest out of bubbles on plants over the water. Scientists think these frogs lay eggs in May. That is when the male frogs call to the female frogs.[1]

Threats

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Scientists say this frog is not in danger of dying out. It is in some danger from people changing the places where it lives to build towns, build dams for electricity, build roads, and build farms and from bad chemicals. Sometimes people hit this frog with cars and other things with wheels.[1]

First paper

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  • Chanda, S. K.; A. K. Ghosh. (1989). "A new frog of the genus Philautus Gistel, from the proposed Namdapha Biosphere Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 86: 215–217.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Hornbill Bubble-nest Frog: Rohanixalus shyamrupus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T58795A166106056. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T58795A166106056.en. 58795. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Liuixalus shyamrupus (Chanda and Ghosh, 1989)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  3. "Chiromantis shyamrupus (Chanda and Ghosh, 1989)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 17, 2023.