Raorchestes aureus

Raorchestes aureus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Genus:	Raorchestes
Species:	R. aureus
Binomial name
Raorchestes aureus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014

Raorchestes archeos is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to India, where it has been observed in the Western Ghat mountains at about 1524 meters above sea level. ^{[2] [3] [4] [1]}

This frog has been observed in grasses near the edges of forests and in disturbed forest near disturbed grassland. ^[1]

Scientists classify this frog as critically endangered because its range is only ten square kilometers and subject to continued degradation, especially deforestation in favor of coffee plantations. ^[1]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Raorchestes aureus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023 e.T73786986A73787000. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T73786986A73787000.en . Retrieved March 1, 2024.
2. Vijayakumar SP; Dinesh KP; Prabhu MV; Shanker K (2014). "Lineage delimitation and description of nine new species of bush frogs (Anura: Raochestes, Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats escarpment". Zootaxa. 3893 (4): 451–488. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3893.4.1. PMID   25544534.
3. Frost, Darrel R. "Raorchestes leucolatus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
4. "Raorchestes aureus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 20, 2023.