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| taxon = Raorchestes lechiya<br />
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'''''Raorchestes lechiya''''', or '''Lechiyappan's bush frog''', is a species of frog in the family [[Rhacophoridae]]. It is endemic to [[India]]. Scientists know it exclusively from the [[type locality (biology)|type locality]]: 2023 meters above sea level in [[Silent Valley National Park]].<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6<br />
|title=''Raorchestes lechiya'' Zachariah, Cyriac, Chandramohan, Ansil, Mathew, Raju, and Abraham, 2016 <br />
|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-lechiya<br />
|access-date=September 13, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb<br />
|title= ''Raorchestes lechiya'' Zachariah, Cyriac, Chandramohan, Ansil, Mathew, Raju, and Abraham, 2016 <br />
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|url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8490<br />
|access-date=September 13, 2023}}</ref> This frog has been observed between 1800 and 2200 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN<br />
|title= Lechiyappan's Shrub Frog: ''Raorchestes lechiya''<br />
|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/113887925/113887939<br />
|article-number=e.T113887925A113887939<br />
|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T113887925A113887939.en<br />
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|year=2023<br />
|author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group<br />
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Scientists found one adult male frog that was about 19.8&nbsp;mm long [[snout-vent length|from nose to rear end]]. The skin of the dorsum was pale brown in color and it had many small spicules. There were whitish spots near its legs. The skin of the frog's venter was pink-white in color. The iris of the eye was the color of copper on the uppermost third and dark brown on the lower two thirds.<ref name=Des>{{cite journal|author1=Zachariah A|author2= Cyriac VP|author3= Chandramohan B|author4= Ansil BR|author5= Mathew JK|author6= Raiu DV|author7= Abraham RK |year=2016 |title=Two new species of Raorchestes (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Silent Valley National Park in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats, India|journal= Salamandra |volume=52|pages= 63–76|issue=2|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304316726_Two_new_species_of_Raorchestes_Anura_Rhacophoridae_from_the_Silent_Valley_National_Park_in_the_Nilgiri_Hills_of_the_Western_Ghats_India|access-date=September 14, 2023|type=Full text}}</ref> Scientists observed the frogs in the leaf litter and on shrubs.<ref name=IUCN /><br />
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The frog is named for Mr. Lechiyappan of the [[Mudugar]] tribe. He worked as a forest tracker at Silent Valley National Park and it in fact became a national park through his efforts.<ref name=Des /><br />
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