Biology:Raorchestes jayarami
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Short description: Species of frog
| Jayaram's Bush Frog | |
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| Male Jayaram's Bush Frog calling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Raorchestes |
| Species: | R. jayarami
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| Raorchestes jayarami (Biju & Bossuyt, 2009)
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Raorchestes jayarami, also known as Jayaram's bush frog, is a species of frog from the subfamily rhacophoridae found in Valparai in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu in India , roughly 1000 meters above sea level.[1][2][3] Individuals of this species from the genus Raorchestes have morphs that range from plain green to variations with splotches and dots of darker greens and in some cases yellow.[4] Anuran's from the genus Raorchestes, show direct-development while allows them to be independent from a waterbody for the development of tadpoles.[4]
References
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Raorchestes jayarami (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-jayarami. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ↑ "Raorchestes jayarami (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". University of California, Berkeley. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/6729.
- ↑ Biju, S. D.; Bossuyt, Franky (2009). "Systematics and phylogeny of Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species" (in en). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (2): 374–444. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00466.x.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vijayakumar, S. P.; Dinesh, K. P.; Prabhu, Mrugank V.; Shanker, Kartik (2014-12-10). "Lineage delimitation and description of nine new species of bush frogs (Anura: Raorchestes , Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats Escarpment" (in en). Zootaxa 3893 (4): 451–488. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3893.4.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25544534.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3419073 entry
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