Raorchestes blandus
| Raorchestes blandus | |
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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. blandus
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| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes blandus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014
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The Anamalai bush frog (Roarchestes blandus) is a frog. It lives in India. Scientists have seen it in the Western Ghat mountains, between 45 and 806 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]
This frog lives in evergreen forests that are not too high above sea level. It lives in smaller plants under the trees. This frog hatches out of its egg as a small frog and never swims as a tadpole.[1]
Scientists believe this frog is in danger of dying out because it lives in such a small place, only 859 square kilometers, and because human beings still change that place. Human beings build farms for rubber and arecanut. Scientists have seen that the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis can make this frog sick, but they do not know if it kills the frog.[1]
This frog has been found in two protected parks: Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and Anamalai Tiger Reserve.[1]
First paper[change | change source]
- Vijayakumar SP; Dinesh KP; Prabhu MV; Shanker K (2014). "Lineage delimitation and description of nine new species of bush frogs (Anura: Raochestes, Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats escarpment". Zootaxa. 3893: 451–488.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Anamalai Bush Frog: Nasutixalus jerdonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T73787038A73787322. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T73787038A73787322.en. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes blandus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Raorchestes blandus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
