Raorchestes keirasabinae
| Raorchestes keirasabinae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Raorchestes |
| Species: | R. keirasabinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes keirasabinae Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021
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Roarchestes keirasabinae, or Keira's shrub frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to India. Scientists have observed it in many places within the Western Ghat mountains, all between 100 and 1,000 meters above sea level.[2][3][4][1]
This frog has been observed in forests, including a few secondary forests, high in the canopy. Scientists believe this frog breeds through direct development like other frogs in Raorchestes.[1]
Scientists classify this frog as vulnerable to extinction because, even though it its range is large, it is also heavily fragmented from agriculture.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Keira's Shrub Frog: Raorchestes keirasabinae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T197945955A197945974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T197945955A197945974.en. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes keirasabinae Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ "Raorchestes keirasabinae Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. June 1, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ Garg S; Suyesh R; Das S; Bee MA; Biju SD (March 3, 2021). "An integrative approach to infer systematic relationships and define species groups in the shrub frog genus Raorchestes, with description of five new species from the Western Ghats, India". PeerJ (Abstract). 9: e10791. doi:10.7717/peerj.10791. PMC 7936570. PMID 33717674. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
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