Raorchestes aureus
Raorchestes archeos is a species of frog. It only lives in a place in India, Elivalmalai Massif in the Western Ghat mountains. Scientists have seen it about 1524 meters above sea level.[2][3][4][1]
| Raorchestes aureus | |
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| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Raorchestes |
| Species: | R. aureus
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| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes aureus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014
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People have seen this frog in grasses near forest and in forest near grasses.[1]
Scientists say this frog is in much danger of dying out because it lives in such a small place, only ten square kilometers, and human beings are still changing that place, especially to make large coffee farms.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Template:Cite IUCN
- ↑ Vijayakumar SP. Lineage delimitation and description of nine new species of bush frogs (Anura: Raochestes, Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats escarpment. Zootaxa 3893 (4) (2014). p. 451–488. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3893.4.1.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R.. 'Raorchestes leucolatus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014. Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference.American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ↑ 'Raorchestes aureus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014. AmphibiaWebUniversity of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 20, 2023.