Raorchestes keirasabinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Batrachomorpha
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: Lissamphibia
Superordo: Batrachia
Cladus: Salientia
Ordo: Anura

Familia: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:

Name

Raorchestes keirasabinae Garg, Suyesh, Das, Bee & Biju, 2021: 33

  • Holotype: BNHS 6097, adult ♂, collected by by S.D. Biju and Sonali Garg on 29 April 2015.
  • Type locality: “Chathankod-Makki (8.6723° N, 77.1301° E, 230 m asl), Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala State, India”.

References

  • Garg, S., Suyesh, R., Das, A., Bee, M. A. & Biju, S. D. (2021).
 An integrative approach to infer systematic relationships and describe a new species of bush frog (*Raorchestes*) from the Western Ghats, India.  
 Asian Herpetological Research 12(1): 1–24.  
 DOI: [10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200107](https://doi.org/10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200107)

Vernacular names

  • English: Keira’s Bush Frog
  • తెలుగు: కీరా బుష్ ఫ్రాగ్ (కీరా బల్లితాడు)