Raorchestes kollimalai

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 kollimalai

Name

Raorchestes kollimalai Gowande, Ganesh & Mirza, 2020: 168

• Holotype: NCBS-BH649, adult ♂, collected by A. Gawai, P. Phansalkar, G. Gowande, and Z. Mirza on 26 October 2018.
• Type locality: “Kollimalai Massif (11.245840°N, 78.335365°E; alt. 1,100m a.s.l.), Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India”.
• Paratypes (n=2): NCBS-BH650 and BNHS 6068, adult ♂, same data as holotype.

References

Primary references

• Gowande, G., Ganesh, S.R. & Mirza, Z.A. 2020. A new cryptic species of bush frog (Amphibia: Anura: Raorchestes) from the Southern Eastern Ghats, India. Taprobanica 9(2): 164–173. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v9i2.229 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Kollimalai Bush Frog