Raorchestes aureus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Raorchestes
Species: Raorchestes aureus

Name

Raorchestes aureus Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu & Shanker, 2014: 464

• Holotype: ZSI/WGRC/V/A/867 (CESF1165), adult ♂, collected by S.P. Vijayakumar and Mrugank V. Prabhu in July 2010.
• Type locality: “a high elevation site (10.9452 N, 76.6446 E) in Elivalmalai Massif, Western Ghats, Peninsular India”.

References

Primary references

• Vijayakumar, S.P., Dinesh, K.P., Prabhu, M.V. & Shanker, K. 2014. Lineage delimitation and description of nine new species of bush frogs (Anura: Raorchestes, Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats Escarpment. Zootaxa 3893(4): 451–488. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.4.1 Reference page.