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.[2][3] This frog has been observed between 636 and 685 meters above sea level.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Raorchestes |
| Species: | R. manipurensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes manipurensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)
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Scientists found this frog in the dry place where a river had been. It was near bamboo. The frogs hid under small rocks and dry leaves. Scientists think this frog hatches out of its egg as a small frog, like other frogs in Raorchestes.[1] The species was discovered in 2008[4] and is named after "Leimatek" in Manipur, its type locality.[2]
Original description
edit- Mathew R; Sen N. (2009). "Studies on little known amphibian species of northeast India". Rec. Zool. Surv. India Occ. Paper (Abstract). 293: 1–64.
References
edit- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Leimatak's Bush Frog: Raorchestes manipurensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T202903A2757729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T202903A2757729.en. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Pseudophilautus manipurensis (Mathew and Sen, 2009)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "26 new species of frogs and insects discovered in India". Hindustan Times. 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
External links
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