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{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Raorchestes kaikatti
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2011 |title=''Raorchestes kaikatti'' |volume=2011 |page=e.T186163A8503420 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T186163A8503420.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| image = Raorchestes kaikatti.jpg
| image_caption =
| taxon = Raorchestes kaikatti
| authority = ([[Sathyabhama Das Biju|Biju]] & Bossuyt, 2009)
| range_map =
| range_map_caption =
| synonyms = ''Philautus kaikatti'' <small>Biju and Bossuyt, 2009</small>
}}

'''''Raorchestes kaikatti''''', sometimes known as the '''Kaikatti bushfrog''' or '''Kaikatt's bush frog''', is a [[critically endangered]] [[frog]]s found only in the [[Nelliampathi|Nelliampathi Hills]] within the [[Western Ghats]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /><ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-kaikatti |title=''Raorchestes kaikatti'' (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> The species is named after Kaikatti, its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]].<ref name=BijuBossuyt/>

''Raorchestes kaikatti'' are small (but medium-sized in ''Raorchestes'' terms), relatively robust-bodied frogs. Males measure {{convert|23|-|26|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length (the [[type series]] did not include any females). The [[Dorsum (anatomy)|dorsum]] is dark greyish brown with irregular light-grey and dark-brown blotches. There is a dark horizontal grey band in between the eyes.<ref name=BijuBossuyt>{{Cite journal | last1 = Biju | first1 = S. D.| author-link1 = Sathyabhama Das Biju| last2 = Bossuyt | first2 = F. | doi = 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00466.x | 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| year = 2009 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Wikispecies-inline|Raorchestes kaikatti}}

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

Raorchestes kaikatti - Revision history

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