Raorchestes kakachi

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Raorchestes kakachi
Raorchestes kakachi - Kakachi shrub frog male and female.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:
R. kakachi
Binomial name
Raorchestes kakachi
Seshadri, Gururaja, and Aravind, 2012

The Kakachi shrub frog (Roarchestes kakachi) is a frog. It lives in India. Scientists have seen it in the Western Ghat mountains.[1][2]

The adult male frog is about 24.7–25.8 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 24.3–34.1 mm long. This frog can be any color from white to brown. There is darker brown on its sides and neck. Its head is wider than it is long. The ear is hard to see.[3]

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R.. 'Raorchestes kakachi Seshadri, Gururaja, and Aravind, 2012. Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference.American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  2. 'Raorchestes kakachi Seshadri, Gururaja, and Aravind, 2012. AmphibiaWebUniversity of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  3. Seshadri KS. A new species of Raorchestes (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from mid-elevation evergreen forests of the southern Western Ghats, India.. Zootaxa 3410 (2012). p. 19-34. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3410.1.2. Retrieved September 25, 2023.