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| taxon = Raorchestes aureus<br />
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'''''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.<ref name="Vijayakumar et al. 2014">{{cite journal|author1= Vijayakumar SP|author2= Dinesh KP|author3= Prabhu MV|author4= Shanker K |year=2014 |title=Lineage delimitation and description of nine new species of bush frogs (Anura: ''Raochestes'', Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats escarpment| journal= Zootaxa |volume=3893 |issue= 4|pages= 451–488|doi= 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.4.1|pmid= 25544534}}</ref><ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6<br />
|title=''Raorchestes leucolatus'' Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014 <br />
|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-aureus<br />
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|title= ''Raorchestes aureus''<br />
|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/73786986/73787000<br />
|article-number= e.T73786986A73787000<br />
|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T73786986A73787000.en<br />
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|year=2023<br />
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This frog has been observed in grasses near the edges of forests and in disturbed forest near disturbed grassland.<ref name=IUCN /><br />
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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.<ref name=IUCN /><br />
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[[Category:Frogs of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic amphibians of India]]<br />
[[Category:Raorchestes|aureus]]<br />
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