Raorchestes manohari

Raorchestes manohari is a frog. It lives in India. Scientists have only seen it near where they first found it: 600 meters above sea level on a Kadalar tea farm in the Western Ghat mountains.[2][3][1]

Raorchestes manohari
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Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:
R. manohari
Binomial name
Raorchestes manohari
Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011

The adult frog is about 17.57 - 18.06 mm long from nose to rear end. The skin of the frog's back is bright yellow. It is bumpy, not smooth. There are brown-black spots on its back. The sides of the frog's body are lighter yellow in color. The frog's belly is white in color.[3]

First paper

  • Zachariah A; Dinesh KP; Kunhikrishnan E; Das S; Raju DV; Radhakrishnan C; Palot MJ; Kalesh S (2011). "Nine new species of frogs of the genus Raorchestes (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Western Ghats, India". Biosystematica (Excerpt). 5 (1): 25–48. Retrieved September 7, 2023.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Raorchestes manohari". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T56041214A56041224. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T56041214A56041224.en. 56041214. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes manohari Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Shreya Gowda (June 17, 2013). Ann T. Chang; Michelle S. Koo (eds.). "Raorchestes theuerkaufi Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 12, 2023.