Raorchestes nerostagona (Biju & Bossuyt, 2009) - Water Drop Frog

Subspecies in India

This is also known as the Kalpatta Yellow Bush Frog.
 

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

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Raorchestes nerostagona - Water Drop Frog



This species is very rare. It inhabits at highest canopy layer in the tropical evergreen forests of the southern Western Ghats of India (mainly in localities of Wayanad district, Kerala), at the elevation of 1,000m asl (IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group).

Conservation Status:

 

 

This species is listed as Endangered 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 declining, and its current population size is unknown. Its Extent of Occurrence is less than 5,000 sq km with less known localities. The threat to its persistence comes from habitat disturbance due to agriculture and dam buildings.
 

 

 

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
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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S.D. Biju, Franky Bossuyt. 2006. Raorchestes nerostagona. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T61885A12561567. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61885A12561567.en. Accessed on 07 November 2020.
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Raorchestes nerostagona (Biju & Bossuyt, 2009) – Water Drop 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-nerostagona, accessed 2024/10/13.