Raorchestes kaikatti

Raorchestes kaikatti
Conservation status
	Critically Endangered (IUCN3.1Q)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Genus:	Raorchestes
Species:	R. kaikatti
Binomial name
	Raorchestes kaikatti;
Synonyms
	Philautus kaikatti Biju and Bossuyt, 2009; Pseudophilautus kaikatti Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009; Raorchestes kaikatti Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010;

Kaikatt's bush frog (Raorchestes kaikatti) is a frog. It lives in India in the Western Ghat Mountains.^[2]^[3]^[1]

The adult male frog is about 24.9 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of the frog's back is gray-brown in color with light gray and dark brown places. The belly is gray-white in color. Parts of the legs and middle are dark brown in color. The iris of the eye is brown in color.^[4]

Scientists named the frog for the place where they found it: Kaikatti. The place in Kaikatti was about 1000 meters above sea level. They found the first frog in a tree 1 meter off the ground.^[4]

References[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2011). "Kaikatti Bush Frog: Raorchestes andersoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T186163A8503420. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T186163A8503420.en. 58815. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes andersoni (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
↑ "Raorchestes kaikatti (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Biju SD; Bossuyt F (2009). "Systematics and phylogeny of Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species". Zool J Linn Soc (Full text). 155: 374–444. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

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[IUCN-1] 1.0 ^1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2011). "Kaikatti Bush Frog: Raorchestes andersoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T186163A8503420. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T186163A8503420.en. 58815. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

[AMNH-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes andersoni (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

[Amph-3] "Raorchestes kaikatti (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

[Des-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Biju SD; Bossuyt F (2009). "Systematics and phylogeny of Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species". Zool J Linn Soc (Full text). 155: 374–444. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

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