Raorchestes manipurensis

Leimatak's bush frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species: R. manipurensis
Binomial name
Raorchestes manipurensis
(Mathew and Sen, 2009)
Synonyms
  • Philautus manipurensis Mathew and Sen, 2009
  • Pseudophilautus manipurensis Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

Raorchestes manipurensis or Leimatak's bush frog is a species of frog of the genus Raorchestes found around the Tumzane river near Leimatak, Churachandpur district in the state of Manipur in India.[1] The species was discovered in 2008[2] and is named after "Leimatek" in Manipur, its type locality.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Raorchestes manipurensis Matthew and Sen, 2009". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "26 new species of frogs and insects discovered in India". Hindustan Times. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/2/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.