Raorchestes flaviventris

Raorchestes flaviventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species: R. flaviventris
Binomial name
Raorchestes flaviventris
(Boulenger, 1882)[2]
Synonyms

Ixalus flaviventris Boulenger, 1882[3]
Philautus flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882)
Pseudophilautus flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882)
Raorchestes emeraldi Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu, and Shanker, 2014

Raorchestes flaviventris is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. Its common name is the yellow-bellied bush frog or Malabar bubble-nest frog.[2]

Illustration that accompanied the original species description of "Ixalus flaviventris" by George Albert Boulenger, published in the Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum in 1882.[3][2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Biju, S.D.; Dutta, S.; Vasudevan, K.; Vijayakumar, S.P.; Srinivasulu, C. (2004). "Raorchestes flaviventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T58843A11848706. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Raorchestes flaviventris (Boulenger, 1882)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 Boulenger, George Albert (1882). Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British Museum (2 ed.). London: British Museum (Natural History). p. 113–144. (Illustration: Plate XII)
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