Raorchestes lechiya Zachariah, Cyriac, Chandramohan, Ansil, Mathew, Raju, and Abraham, 2016

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

Raorchestes lechiya Zachariah, Cyriac, Chandramohan, Ansil, Mathew, Raju, and Abraham, 2016, Salamandra, 52: 70. Holotype: TNHM (H) 12.6.18/55, by original designation. Type locality: "m forest understorey vegetation at Sispara (11°12’5.70’’ N, 76°26’25.64’’ E) at 2,023 m a.s.l., Silent Valley National Park, Palakkad District, Kerala", India. Zoobank publication registration: 1A96A10F-D5DC-46CA-B5F5-7FF4EE3A265D

English Names

Lechiyappan’s Bush Frog (original publication). 

Sispara Bush Frog (Dinesh, Radhakrishnan, Deepak, and Kulkarni, 2023, Fauna India Checklist, vers. 5.0 : 14).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in Silent Valley National Park, Palakkad District, Kerala, India, 2023 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

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