Raorchestes jayarami

Raorchestes jayarami, also known as Jayaram's Bush Frog, is a species of frog from the subfamily rhacophoridae found in Valparai in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu in India.[1][2] Individuals of this species from the genus Raorchestes have morphs that range from plain green to variations with splotches and dots of darker greens and in some cases yellow[3]. Anuran's from the genus Raorchestes, show direct-development while allows them to be independent from a waterbody for the development of tadpoles[3].

Jayaram's Bush Frog
Male Jayaram's Bush Frog calling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:
R. jayarami
Binomial name
Raorchestes jayarami
(Biju & Bossuyt, 2009)
Synonyms
  • Philautus jayarami Biju and Bossuyt, 2009
  • Pseudophilautus jayarami Biju & Bossuyt, 2009
Direct developing eggs of Raorchestes jayarami.

References
  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Raorchestes jayarami (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  2. Biju, S. D.; Bossuyt, Franky (2009). "Systematics and phylogeny of Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155 (2): 374–444. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00466.x.
  3. Vijayakumar, S. P.; Dinesh, K. P.; Prabhu, Mrugank V.; Shanker, Kartik (10 December 2014). "Lineage delimitation and description of nine new species of bush frogs (Anura: Raorchestes , Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats Escarpment". Zootaxa. 3893 (4): 451–488. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3893.4.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25544534.
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