Endangered
Raorchestes flaviocularis
Raorchestes flaviocularis
Raorchestes flaviocularis is a frog in the family Rhacophoridae (order Anura), recorded as Endangered.
Range and habitat
It has been observed between 1459 and 1569 meters above sea level in the Western Ghat mountains. This frog has been observed on Ochlandra grass and high up in the forest canopy. Scientists say classify this frog as endangered because of its small, fragmented range, that is subject to further degradation.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Habits
Climate chance poses a particular problem because so much of the population lives at higher elevations, making it unlikely the frog would be able to migrate north if its range were to grow.
In crisis
Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.
Raorchestes flaviocularis 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 flaviocularis, Wikidata item Q18638790. 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.
