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Pleasent bush frog
Renjith Jacob Mathews (cc-by)

Pleasent bush frog

Raorchestes blandus
BirdNET IDBN13065
Taxon groupAmphibia
iNat observations15
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

Roarchestes blandus or the Anamalai bush frog is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to India. Scientists have observed it in the Western Ghat mountains, between 45 and 806 meters above sea level. This frog is found in evergreen forests at low to middle elevations. It lives in the understorey and seems to require that level of the forest to be intact. This frog breeds through direct development with no free-swimming tadpole stage. Scientists classify this frog as critically endangered because its range covers only 859 square kilometers and because that area is still subject to degradation, especially for the establishment of rubber and arecanut plantations. Scientists have also observed morbidity due to the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis but have not confirmed mortality. This frog's range includes two protected parks: Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and Anamalai Tiger Reserve.

Common Names (2 locales)

en Pleasent bush frog
te రార్చ్ఎస్టెస్ బ్లాన్డస్

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#476790
GBIF8502057