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| status = CR<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Indraneil Das, Sushil Dutta, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, S.P. Vijayakumar |date=2004 |title=''Raorchestes sanctisilvaticus'' |volume=2004 |article-number=e.T58897A11846368 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58897A11846368.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Raorchestes sanctisilvaticus<br />
| authority = ([[Indraneil Das|Das]] and Chanda, 1997<ref>{{cite journal |author=Das, I. |author2=S. K. Chanda |name-list-style=amp |year=1997 |title=''Philautus sanctisilvaticus'' (Anura: Rhacophoridae), a new frog from the sacred groves of Amarkantak, central India |journal=Hamadryad |location=Madras |volume=22 |pages=21–27}}</ref><br />
| synonyms =<br />
* ''Philautus sanctisilvaticus'' <small>Das and Chanda, 1997</small><br />
* ''Philautus sanctipalustris'' <small>Das and Chanda, 1997</small> [lapsus]<br />
* ''Philautus similipalensis'' <small>Dutta, 2003</small><br />
* ''Philautus terebrans'' <small>Das & Chanda, 1998</small><br />
* ''Raorchestes terebrans'' <small>(Das & Chanda, 1998)</small><br />
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'''''Raorchestes sanctisilvaticus''''', also known as the '''sacred grove bushfrog''', '''sacred grove bush frog''' or '''Similipal bush frog''', is a critically endangered species of [[frog]] in the family [[Rhacophoridae]].<br />
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==Distribution and habitat==<br />
It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to India and only known from the [[Kapildhara Falls]] near [[Amarkantak]], in the [[Madhya Pradesh]] state and Gurguria, in the Similipal Biosphere Reserve (near or in the [[Simlipal National Park]]), [[Odisha]] state in south-eastern India.<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Philautus/Philautus-sanctisilvaticus |title=''Philautus sanctisilvaticus'' Das and Chanda, 1997 |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=20 January 2015}}</ref><br />
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Its natural [[habitat]] is old growth tropical moist, semi-evergreen and mesic forest. It has been found underneath rotten sal (''[[Shorea robusta]]'') leaves, and in loose leaf-covered soil and inside rotten logs, close to riverbanks, and likely in tropical dry forest. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]] caused by harvesting of wood for subsistence purposes, infrastructure development for tourism, and fires.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /><br />
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