Raorchestes dubois (Biju & Bossuyt, 2006) - Kodaikanal Bush Frog

Subspecies in India

This species is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).
 

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Raorchestes dubois - Kodaikanal Bush Frog



This species is rare and restricted to Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. It inhabits grasslands, shrublands, and tropical forests of the montane sholas in the southern Western Ghats of India at the altitudes 1,900m -2,300m asl.
 
Conservation Status:

This species is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/).


According to the IUCN Red List assessment, the population of this species is stable, its current population size is unknown. The threat to this species is little known.
 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala223
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu111
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total3133

S.D. Biju. 2004. Raorchestes dubois. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58912A11855137. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58912A11855137.en. Accessed on 09 November 2020.
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Raorchestes dubois (Biju & Bossuyt, 2006) – Kodaikanal Bush Frog. In Gosavi, N., A. Bayani, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 1.05. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianamphibians.org/raorchestes-dubois, accessed 2024/10/15.