Raorchestes glandulosus

Raorchestes glandulosus
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Genus:	Raorchestes
Species:	R. glandulosus
Binomial name
Raorchestes glandulosus (Jerdon, 1853)
Synonyms
Ixalis ? glandulosa Jerdon, 1853 Ixalus glandulosa Jerdon, 1870 Ixalus glandulosus Günther, 1876 Ixalus pulcher Boulenger, 1882 Rhacophorus noblei Ahl, 1927, Rhacophorus pulcherrimus Ahl, 1927 Philautus glandulosus Roux, 1928 Rhacophorus (Philautus) glandulosus Ahl, 1931 Rhacophorus (Philautus) noblei Ahl, 1931 Rhacophorus (Philautus) pulcherrimus Ahl, 1931 Philautus pulcher Rao, 1937 Philautus noblei Gorham, 1974 Philautus pulcherrimus Gorham, 1974 Philautus (Philautus) glandulosus Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001 Pseudophilautus glandulosus Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009 Raorchestes glandulosus Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010

The glandular bush frog, Noble's bubble-nest frog, Noble's bush frog, southern bubble-nest frog, rough-skinned bush frog, Manatoddy bubble-nest frog, beautiful bush frog, or pretty bush frog (Raorchestes glandulosus) is a frog. It lives in India in the Western Ghat mountains. Scientists have seen it between 400 and 2000 meters above sea level.

This frog lives in trees and moves around at night. It lives in the shorter trees in forests. People have seen it about 4 m above the ground. People have also seen it in coffee farms, tea farms, and acacia farms.

The female frog lays eggs on leaves. The eggs hatch into small frogs. These animals never swim as tadpoles.

Some of the places the frog lives are protected parks. Scientists say this frog is at some risk of dying out. Human beings cut down its forests to make large farms, and the chemicals meant to kill pests can kill the frog too. Scientists also think climate change could kill this frog. It could make the frog's home too dry. Also, because the frog lives high in the mountains, it cannot move north if the forest gets too hot. The lower areas between mountains would already be even hotter.

Scientists have seen other frogs in Raorchestes sick from the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, but they do not know for sure whether that fungus can kill this frog.