| Mark's bushfrog | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Raorchestes |
| Species: | R. marki |
| Binomial name | |
| Raorchestes marki (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009) | |
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The Mark's bushfrog (Raorchestes marki) is a critically endangered frog found only in the Nelliampathi Hills within the Western Ghats of Kerala, India. The species is named after Mark Wilkinson of the Natural History Museum, London.
Raorchestes marki are small, slender-bodied frogs. Males measure 21–23 mm (0.83–0.91 in) in snout–vent length and females 28–30 mm (1.1–1.2 in). The dorsum is dark grey and has a brownish concave stripe running from behind the eye.
Like other frogs in Raorchestes, this frog breeds through direct development with no free-swimming tadpole stage.
This frog is classified as critically endangered because its small range is subject to ongoing degradation associated with agriculture, tourism infrastructure, and industrialization.
References
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2011). "Raorchestes marki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T186165A8503582. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T186165A8503582.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Raorchestes marki (Biju and Bossuyt, 2009)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ Biju, S. D.; Bossuyt, F. (2009). "Systematics and phylogeny of Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155 (2): 374–444. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00466.x.
External links
Data related to Raorchestes marki at Wikispecies
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Raorchestes marki | |