Raorchestes agasthyaensis, the Agasthiamalai bushfrog, is a frog found in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India, particularly in Bonacaud near Ponmudi as well as nearby areas of Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts.[2][3] The species is named after Agasthyamalai, its type locality.[4][5][1]
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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. agasthyaensis
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| Raorchestes agasthyaensis Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot & Kalesh, 2011
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This frog has been found on shrubs and other low plants on and near tea plantations, in evergreen forests, and in areas that have been to selective logging but not clear-cutting to get wood to build with. This frog breeds through direct development with no free-swimming tadpole stage.[1]
This frog's range includes protected areas.[1]
Original description
edit- 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 7 September 2023.
References
edit- ^ a b c d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Agasthya Bush Frog: Raorchestes agasthyaensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T56041279A56041288. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T56041279A56041288.en. 56041279. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Raorchestes agasthyaensis". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Raorchestes agasthyaensis Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot & Kalesh, 2011". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ Manoj, E. M. (7 August 2011). "New species of frogs found in Western Ghats". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Raorchestes agasthyaensis Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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