Raorchestes chalazodes

Raorchestes chalazodes
Adult male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species:
R. chalazodes
Binomial name
Raorchestes chalazodes
(Günther, 1876)
Synonyms

Philautus chalazodes (Günther, 1876)

Raorchestes chalazodes (Chalazodes bubble-nest frog, white-spotted bush frog, or Günther's bush frog) is a species of critically endangered frog in the family Rhacophoridae. Raorchestes chalazodes is a nocturnal and arboreal species found in the understorey of tropical moist evergreen forest and is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.[2][3] The specific name chalazodes is composed of the Greek word χάλαζα (chalaza) meaning "lump" and -odes for the derived adjective, reflecting white granulation of the body.[4] It has been observed between 1200 and 1600 meters above sea level.[1]

The original holotype was collected in 1876 by Colonel Richard Henry Beddome in Travancore and given to Albert C. L. G. Günther. Before its rediscovery in 2011 in the Upper Kodayar Region in Tamil Nadu, the species was thought to be extinct. Raorchestes chalazodes make their oviposition sites in the internodes of the Ochlandra travancorica species of bamboo, where the adult male will take care of the egg clutch. Raorchestes chalazodes is also the only species in its genus that is reported to exhibit parental care.[5] It is now considered vulnerable by IUCN.

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Günther's Bush Frog: Raorchestes chalazodes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T58829A166106548. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T58829A166106548.en. 58829. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ IUCN (30 April 2004). "Raorchestes chalazodes: S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, S.P. Vijayakumar, Chelmala Srinivasulu: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58829A11847257". doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2004.rlts.t58829a11847257.en. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Raorchestes chalazodes (Günther, 1876)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  4. ^ Biju, S. D.; Bossuyt, Franky (2009). "Systematics and phylogeny ofPhilautus Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155 (2): 374–444. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00466.x.
  5. ^ Sayyed, Amit; Padhye, Anand (1 January 2020). "Natural history of Ghate's Shrub Frog, Raorchestes ghatei (Rhacophoridae), from the northern Western Ghats, India". Reptiles & Amphibians. 26 (3): 205–210. doi:10.17161/randa.v26i3.14405. ISSN 2332-4961. S2CID 241036207.