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Theuerkauf's Bush Frog
Raorchestes theuerkaufi
Raorchestes theuerkaufi is a species of frog of the genus Raorchestes found in the tea estates of Kadalar near Munnar, Idukki district, in the Western Ghats of Kerala in India. The species is named after Wolfgang Theuerkauf, a botanist and director of the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary in Wayanad, Kerala.
From the article Raorchestes theuerkaufi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
This frog has been observed perched on rocks and leaf litter in secondary forests near tea and cardamom farms. People also saw this frog sitting on plants next roads. Sightings occurred between 1393 and 2000 meters above sea level. The frog's range includes at least one protected park: Anamalai Tiger Reserve.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
Like other frogs in Raorchestes, this frog breeds through direct development with no free-swimming tadpole stage.
Wikipedia: “Life cycle”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 134813.