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

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

Raorchestes silentvalley Zachariah, Cyriac, Chandramohan, Ansil, Mathew, Raju, and Abraham, 2016, Salamandra, 52: 65. Holotype: TNHM (H) 12.6.18/53, by original designation. Type locality: "from forest vegetation of 2 m in height at Sispara (11°12’7.34’’ N, 76°26’26.57’’ E) at 2,021 m a.s.l., Silent Valley National Park, Palakkad District, Kerala", India. Zoobank publication registration: 1A96A10F-D5DC-46CA-B5F5-7FF4EE3A265D

English Names

Silent Valley Bush Frog (original publication; 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, 2021 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: India

Endemic: India

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