Raorchestes sanjappai

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 sanjappai

Name

Raorchestes sanjappai Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee & Biju, 2021: 36

• Holotype: BNHS 6099, adult ♂, collected by R. Suyesh and S.D. Biju on 10 June 2015.
• Type locality: “Periya (11.8342° N, 75.8574° E, 750 m asl), Wayanad district, Kerala State, India”.

References

Primary references

• Garg, S., Suyesh, R., Das, S., Bee, M.A. & Biju, S.D. 2021. An integrative approach to infer systematic relationships and define species groups in the shrub frog genus Raorchestes, with description of five new species from the Western Ghats, India. PeerJ 9: e10791. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10791 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Sanjappa’s Shrub Frog