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'''''Raorchestes kollimalai''''', the '''Kollimalai bush frog''', is a species of frog in the family [[Rhacophoridae]]. It is endemic to [[India]]. Scientists have observed it [[type locality (biology)|its type locality]] in the [[Western Ghat]] mountains, about 1100 meters above sea level.<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6<br />
|title=''Raorchestes chlorosomma'' (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) <br />
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The adult male frog measures 15–45&nbsp;mm long in [[snout-vent length]]. The skin of the dorsum is light brown with darker brown spots and marks. There is a dark brown stripe on each side of its head. The stripe goes from the eye over the ear to the frog's shoulder. The pupil of the eye is black in color with gold in it.<ref name=Des>{{cite journal|author1=Gowande GG|author2= SR Ganesh|author3= ZA Mirza|year= 2020|title= A new cryptic species of bush frog (Amphibia: Anura: Raorchestes) from the southern eastern Ghats, India. |journal=Taprobanica |volume=9 |pages=164–173|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346427602|type=Full text|access-date=September 3, 2023|doi=10.47605/tapro.v9i2.229|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
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Scientists named this frog Kollimalai for its type locality.<ref name=Des /><br />
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