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| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite journal | author1 = Biju, S.D. | author2 = Dutta, S. | author3 = Vasudevan, K. | author4 = Vijayakumar, S.P. | author5 = Srinivasulu, C. | title = ''Raorchestes flaviventris'' | journal = [[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume= 2004 | page = e.T58843A11848706 | year = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58843A11848706.en }}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, S.P. Vijayakumar, Chelmala Srinivasulu, |date=2004 |title=''Raorchestes flaviventris'' |volume=2004 |page=e.T58843A11848706 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58843A11848706.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Raorchestes flaviventris
| taxon = Raorchestes flaviventris
| authority = ([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1882)<ref name=Frost/>
| authority = ([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1882)<ref name=Frost/>
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[[File:Philautus flaviventris (2).jpg|thumb|left|Illustration that accompanied the original [[species description]] of "''Ixalus flaviventris''" by [[George Albert Boulenger]], published in the ''Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum'' in 1882.<ref name="Boulenger 1882"/><ref name=Frost/>]]
[[File:Philautus flaviventris (2).jpg|thumb|left|Illustration that accompanied the original [[species description]] of "''Ixalus flaviventris''" by [[George Albert Boulenger]], published in the ''Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum'' in 1882.<ref name="Boulenger 1882"/><ref name=Frost/>]]


Its natural [[habitat]]s are tropical moist [[montane forest]]s.<ref name=IUCN/> It is endemic to the [[Anaimalai]] hills, occurring in the [[Valparai]] area and also in [[Munnar]], in [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Kerala]] states of [[South India]]. This species may also be found in [[Palni hills]] but this requires confirmation.
Its natural [[habitat]]s are tropical moist [[montane forest]]s.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /> It is endemic to the [[Anaimalai]] hills, occurring in the [[Valparai]] area and also in [[Munnar]], in [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Kerala]] states of [[South India]]. This species may also be found in [[Palni hills]] but this requires confirmation.


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Latest revision as of 02:55, 18 November 2021

Raorchestes flaviventris
Scientific classification edit
: [[Template:Taxonomy/Raorchestes]]
Species:
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/RaorchestesRaorchestes flaviventris
(Boulenger, 1882)[2]
Synonyms

Ixalus flaviventris Boulenger, 1882[3]
Philautus flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882)
Pseudophilautus flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882)
Raorchestes emeraldi Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014

Raorchestes flaviventris is a species of arboreal, nocturnal, frog of the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats, South India. Its common name is yellow-bellied bush frog.[2]

Illustration that accompanied the original species description of "Ixalus flaviventris" by George Albert Boulenger, published in the Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum in 1882.[3][2]

Its natural habitats are tropical moist montane forests.[1] It is endemic to the Anaimalai hills, occurring in the Valparai area and also in Munnar, in Tamil Nadu and Kerala states of South India. This species may also be found in Palni hills but this requires confirmation.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, S.P. Vijayakumar, Chelmala Srinivasulu, (2004). "Raorchestes flaviventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58843A11848706. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58843A11848706.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Raorchestes flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Boulenger, George Albert (1882). Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum (2 ed.). London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 113–144. (Illustration: Plate XII)

Further reading[edit | edit source]

  • Abraham, R. K., A. Zachariah, and V. P. Cyriac. 2015. A reappraisal of the rhacophorid bush frog Raorchestes flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882), with an evaluation of the taxonomic status of R. emeraldi Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu and Shankar, 2014. Zootaxa 4048: 90–100.
  • Bossuyt, F., and A. Dubois. 2001. A review of the frog genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Zeylanica. Colombo 6: 1–112.
  • Vijayakumar, S. P., K. P. Dinesh, M. V. Prabhu, and K. Shanker. 2014. Lineage delimitation and description of nine new species of bush frogs (Anura: Raorchestes, Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats Escarpment . Zootaxa 3893: 451–488.

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