Raorchestes eaglenestensis Boruah, Deepak, and Das, 2025

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhacophoridae > Subfamily: Rhacophorinae > Genus: Raorchestes > Species: Raorchestes eaglenestensis

Raorchestes eaglenestensis Boruah, Deepak, and Das, 2025, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 75: 600. Holotype: WII-ADA 1619, by original designation. Type locality: "near Bompu camp (27.06641°N, 92.40599°E, elevation 1970 m a.s.l.), Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India." ZooBank Publication registration: 7C8226BF-FEA3-4EE2-9012-C0B859797028

Common Names

Eaglenest Bush Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent areas such as Glow Bari within an elevation range of 1950–2200 m, Arunachal Pradesh, India (in region claimed by China). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

Comment

Advertisement call, comparative morphology, molecular markers, and distribution (including a dot map) detailed in the original publication, where this species was assigned to the monotypic Raorchestes eaglenestensis group. 

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