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| image = Raorchestes tuberohumerus.jpg<br />
| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn| url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/58928/0| title = ''Raorchestes parvulus''| author = Das, I.| year = 2009| access-date = 9 November 2013}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Raorchestes tuberohumerus<br />
| authority = (Kuramoto & Joshy, 2003)<br />
| synonyms = ''Philautus tuberohumerus'' <small>Kuramoto & Joshy, 2003</small><br />
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'''''Raorchestes tuberohumerus''''' ('''Kudremukh bush frog''' or '''knob handed shrub frog''') is a species of [[frog]] in the family [[Rhacophoridae]]. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Western Ghats]], [[India]], where it is found in [[Karnataka]] and [[Kerala]] states.<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Raorchestes+tuberohumerus |title=''Raorchestes tuberohumerus'' (Kuramoto and Joshy, 2003) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2013 |work=Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
This small sized shrub frog (male snout-vent length {{convert|22|-|19|mm|abbr=on}}) is diagnosed by the following combination of characters: Snout sub elliptical in shape; iris golden brown; the humerus bone slightly projects on the ventral region near shoulders; light grey dorsum with spinular projections and prominent yellow patches with brown on the groin region.<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><ref name="gubbilabs">Gururaja, K. V. "Pictorial Guide to Frogs and Toads of Western Ghats." "Gubbi Labs". 2012.</ref><br />
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==Ecology and Natural History==<br />
''Raorchestes tuberohumerus'' are seen on shrubs in forests, plantations, home gardens and road side vegetation between 500 and 1500 m elevation. <br />
They are known to face down towards ground and vocalize on dead leaves on shrubs.<ref name="gubbilabs"/><br />
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==Current known localities==<br />
[[Wayanad]], [[Muthanga]], [[Madikeri]], [[Kudremukh]], [[Agumbe]], [[Jog, Karnataka|Jog]], [[Kempholey]], [[Anashi]], [[Sakleshpur]]<br />
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