Raorchestes chotta

Raorchestes chotta, also known as the Small bushfrog or Small bush frog, is a species of frog found only in Ponmudi in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India. The frogs belonging to this spices usually lays eggs and will be attached to the leaf (usually on under side of leaf) the froglets will directly hatch out from the eggs by skipping tadpool stage, the tiny frogs hatching from egg will be usually black or dark brown in colour, the frog will be in that colour till they become adult, when they reach adult stage the colouration starts. The adult frogs will be brown in color and will have some designs on it. This spices of frogs are also sited at thiruvananthapuram city areas .[1][2]

Small bushfrog

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:
R. chotta
Binomial name
Raorchestes chotta
(Biju & Bossuyt, 2009)
Synonyms
  • Philautus chotta Biju and Bossuyt, 2009
  • Pseudophilautus chotta Biju & Bossuyt, 2009

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2012). "Raorchestes chotta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T186160A1810554. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T186160A1810554.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Raorchestes chotta (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 . Raorchestes chotta spotted at thiruvananthapuram city.https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/ajil_benny/33992-spotted-a-rare-species-of-frog-known-as-raochestes-chotta

Even though it is found in western ghats these species of frog are also found city areas. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=70910 22 April 2020

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