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Raorchestes travancoricus
Shrub Frogs & Tree Frogs
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Raorchestes travancoricus
Basic stats
Habitat
Sometimes sits on leaf litter
Range
Endemic to the southern Western Ghats; type locality Bodinayakkanur, Tamil Nadu
Size
Males 22-25mm; one female 30mm
Raorchestes travancoricus, the Travancore bushfrog, Travancore bubble-nest frog or Travancore tree frog, is endemic to the southern Western Ghats. Its name and its common names refer to the type locality, Bodinayakkanur in the former Travancore state, now in Tamil Nadu. In early 2009 University of Delhi researchers announced that it had been rediscovered, a result of intense surveying in the Western Ghats (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is a small frog: males measure 22-25 mm in snout-vent length and the single female measured 30 mm. The back is light greyish red to brown with prominent broad brown lines alternating with thin faint lines, and the iris is yellowish brown. The frog sometimes sits on leaf litter (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Raorchestes travancoricus live in?
- Sometimes sits on leaf litter
- Where is the Raorchestes travancoricus found?
- Endemic to the southern Western Ghats; type locality Bodinayakkanur, Tamil Nadu
- How big is the Raorchestes travancoricus?
- Males 22-25mm; one female 30mm