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| name = Coonore bushfrog
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn | author = IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group | title = ''Raorchestes coonoorensis'' | volume= 2012 | page = e.T186161A1810681 | year = 2012 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T186161A1810681.en }}</ref>
| image = Raorchestes coonoorensis (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = ''Roarchestes coonoorensis'' photographed at Emerald, [[Ooty]]
| taxon = Raorchestes coonoorensis
| authority = ([[Sathyabhama Das Biju|Biju]] and {{Interlanguage link multi|Franky Bossuyt|fr|Franky Bossuyt|lt=Bossuyt}}, 2009)
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* ''Philautus coonoorensis'' <small>Biju and Bossuyt, 2009</small><ref name=BijuBossuyt2009>{{cite journal|last1=Biju |first1=S. D. |last2=Bossuyt |first2=Franky |year=2009 |title=Systematics and phylogeny of ''Philautus'' Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=155 |issue=2 |pages=374–444 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00466.x|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* ''Pseudophilautus coonoorensis'' <small>(Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)</small>
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'''''Raorchestes coonoorensis''''', also known as the '''Coonore bushfrog''' or '''Coonoor bush frog''', is a [[species]] of [[frog]]s [[endemic]] to the [[Western Ghats]], [[India]].<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=frost/> It is reported from its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]], [[Sim's Park, Coonoor|Sim's Park]] in [[Coonoor]] (hence its name),<ref name=BijuBossuyt2009/><ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-coonoorensis |title=''Raorchestes coonoorensis'' (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=10 November 2015}}</ref> with an additional observation from [[Kothagiri]]; both locations are in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. Its altitudinal range is {{convert|1780|–|1850|m|abbr=on}} [[Above sea level|asl]].<ref name=IUCN/>

==Taxonomy==
''Raorchestes coonoorensis'' was [[species description|described]] in 2009 as ''Philautus coonoorensis'' by [[Sathyabhama Das Biju]] and [[:fr:Franky Bossuyt|Franky Bossuyt]] (along with 11 other related frogs from the Western Ghats), using both [[molecular phylogenetics]] and [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]]. Based on molecular data, its closest relatives are ''[[Raorchestes charius]]'' and ''[[Raorchestes griet]]''; it can be readily distinguished from these using morphological features.<ref name=BijuBossuyt2009/> Later molecular analyses led to moving it from ''[[Philautus]]'' to ''Raorchestes''.<ref name=frost/>

==Description==
''Raorchestes coonoorensis'' is a small frog. Only males have been collected; the five males in the [[type series]] measure {{convert|20.7|–|23.8|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. Snout is long (longer than horizontal diameter of the eye) and [[Tympanum (anatomy)|tympanum]] is rather distinct. Body is slender and hind-limbs are relatively long. Hands have no webbing but have lateral dermal fringes; toes are slightly webbed. [[Dorsum (anatomy)|Dorsum]] bears spinular projections, and much of the dorsal surfaces are shagreened with some granular projections. Upper eyelids are shagreened with some prominent horny spinules, and sides of head are shagreened with prominent tubercles. Dorsum is light-reddish brown, grey, or light-grey, with a light black stripe between the eyes and a pair of brown concave stripes running from behind the eye to the vent. Loreal and tympanic regions are dark-brownish black, and upper and lower jaws have brownish bands alternating with light grey. Both fore and hind-limbs have dark-brownish cross bands. Ventral side is grey with variable-sized dark-brown specks; hands and feet are greyish.<ref name=BijuBossuyt2009/>

==Habitat and conservation==
''Raorchestes coonoorensis'' is known from an ''[[Eucalyptus]]'' plantation and neighbouring disturbed forest. All individuals were collected on leaves, 1–1.5 m above the ground, during rain in the late evening.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=BijuBossuyt2009/>

It is locally abundant and seems to tolerate some habitat modification; it might also occur more widely than currently known. Thus, despite its limited known range, it is not considered threatened.<ref name=IUCN/>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Raorchestes coonoorensis}}
*{{Wikispecies-inline|Raorchestes coonoorensis}}

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[[Category:Raorchestes|coonoorensis]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:Fauna of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Frogs of India]]
[[Category:Amphibians described in 2009]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Sathyabhama Das Biju]]

Raorchestes coonoorensis - Revision history

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