Raorchestes crustai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:
R. crustai
Binomial name
Raorchestes crustai
Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011

Raorchestes crustai is a species of frog of the genus Raorchestes found in Bonacaud in the Western Ghats of Kerala in India. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place, about 600 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

Original description

  • 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 (Preview). 5 (1): 25โ€“48. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2011). "Raorchestes crustai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T56041267A56041271. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T56041267A56041271.en. 56041267. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. โ†‘ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Raorchestes crustai (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. โ†‘ "Raorchestes crustai Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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