Raorchestes nerostagona

Taxonavigation edit

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

Raorchestes nerostagona (Biju & Bossuyt, 2005)

Type locality: "at an altitude of 1000 m asl, from Kalpatta, 11° 38´ N, 76° 08´ E, North of the Palghat Gap, Wayanad district, Kerala, India".

Holotype: BNHM 4244.

Philautus nerostagona Biju & Bossuyt, 2005
Pseudophilautus nerostagona — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009
Raorchestes nerostagona — Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta & Bossuyt, 2010

Biju, S.D. & F. Bossuyt. 2005: A new species of frog (Ranidae, Rhacophorinae, Philautus) from the rainforest canopy in the Western Ghats, India. Current Science. Bangalore, 88: 175–178.
Li, J.-t., J. Che, R. W. Murphy, H. Zhao, E.-m. Zhao, D.-q. Rao & Y.-p. Zhang. 2009: New insights to the molecular phylogenetics and generic assessment in the Rhacophoridae (Amphibia: Anura) based on five nuclear and three mitochondrial genes, with comments on the evolution of reproduction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53: 509–522.
Biju S.D., Shouche Y., Dubois A., Dutta S.K. & Bossuyt F. 2010: A ground-dwelling rhacophorid frog from the highest mountain peak of the Western Ghats of India. Current Science, 98: 1119–1125. Full article
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Raorchestes nerostagona. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Raorchestes nerostagona (Endangered) Downloaded on 11 July 2008.

English: Wayanad Bubble-nest Frog