Raorchestes indigo

Raorchestes indigo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species: Raorchestes indigo

Name

Raorchestes indigo Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu & Shanker, 2014: 475

• Holotype: ZSI/WGRC/V/A/877 (CESF1437), adult ♀, collected by S.P. Vijayakumar and K.P. Dinesh in September 2011.
• Type locality: “a stunted forest site (13.1333 N, 75.2704 E), Kudremukh Massif, Western Ghats, Peninsular India”.

References

Primary references

• Vijayakumar, S.P., Dinesh, K.P., Prabhu, M.V. & Shanker, K. 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 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. IUCN: Raorchestes indigo  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T73787889A73787915. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T73787889A73787915.en. Accessed on 07 April 2023.