Raorchestes drutaahu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:
R. drutaahu
Binomial name
Raorchestes drutaahu
Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee, and Biju, 2021

Raorchestes drutaahu, the fast-calling shrub frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to in India. Scientists have observed this frog in Kodaikanal in the Western Ghat mountains, between 1000 and 1450 meters above sea level.[1][2]

Original description

  • Garg S; Suyesh R; Das S; Bee MA; Biju SD (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 August 26, 2023.

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes drutaahu 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 August 26, 2023.
  2. "Raorchestes drutaahu (Biju and Bossuyt, 2005)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 26, 2023.


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