Endangered
Raorchestes coonoorensis
Raorchestes coonoorensis
Raorchestes coonoorensis, also known as the Coonore bushfrog or Coonoor bush frog, is a frogs endemic to the Western Ghats, India.
Appearance
Only males have been collected. The five males in the type series measure 20.7–23.8 mm (0.81–0.94 in) in snout–vent length. Snout is long (longer than horizontal diameter of the eye) and tympanum is rather distinct. Dorsum bears spinular projections, and much of the dorsal surfaces are shagreened with some granular projections.
Range and habitat
Raorchestes coonoorensis, also known as the Coonore bushfrog or Coonoor bush frog, is a frogs endemic to the Western Ghats, India. Its altitudinal range is 1,780–1,850 m (5,840–6,070 ft) asl.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Calling males and egg sites define most frog field work. A species known from one ridge is as narrow as it sounds.
Eggs and damp skin make amphibians quick to vanish from a drained wetland or a forest stripped of litter.
In crisis
All individuals were collected on leaves, 1–1.5 m above the ground, during rain in the late evening.
Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.
Raorchestes coonoorensis is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Raorchestes coonoorensis, Wikidata item Q3419070. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
