Raorchestes kaikatti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:
R. kaikatti
Binomial name
Raorchestes kaikatti
(Biju & Bossuyt, 2009)
Synonyms

Philautus kaikatti Biju and Bossuyt, 2009

Raorchestes kaikatti, sometimes known as the Kaikatti bushfrog or Kaikatt's bush frog, is a critically endangered frogs found only in the Nelliampathi Hills within the Western Ghats of Kerala, India.[1][2] The species is named after Kaikatti, its type locality.[3][4]

Raorchestes kaikatti are small (but medium-sized in Raorchestes terms), relatively robust-bodied frogs. Males measure 23–26 mm (0.91–1.02 in) in snout–vent length (the type series did not include any females). The dorsum is dark greyish brown with irregular light-grey and dark-brown blotches. There is a dark horizontal grey band in between the eyes.[3]

Scientists named this frog for the place where it was found, Kaikatti.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2011). "Raorchestes kaikatti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T186163A8503420. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T186163A8503420.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Raorchestes kaikatti (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Biju, S. D.; Bossuyt, F. (2009). "Systematics and phylogeny of Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155 (2): 374–444. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00466.x.
  4. ↑ "Raorchestes kaikatti (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
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