Raorchestes chromasynchysi

Raorchestes chromasynchysi, also known as the confusing green bushfrog or confusing green bush frog, is a species of frog found in the Western Ghats of Kerala and Karnataka in India.^[1][2][3] It has been observed between 800 and 1500 meters above sea level.^[1]

Confusing green bushfrog
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Genus:	Raorchestes
Species:	R. chromasynchysi
Binomial name
Raorchestes chromasynchysi (Biju & Bossuyt, 2009)
Synonyms
Philautus chromasynchysi Biju and Bossuyt, 2009 Pseudophilautus chromasynchysi Biju & Bossuyt, 2009

This frog is found in evergreen shola forests. For a long time, scientists believed that this frog was hypersensitive to noise disturbance, but it has since been observed at roadsides. It has also been observed in coffee and cardamom plantations. Like other frogs in Raorchestes, this frog breeds through direct development.^[1]

Scientists classify this frog as vulnerable because of its limited, fragmented range, and because of ongoing threats from agricultural encroachment.^[1]

Original description

• Biju SD; Bossuyt F (2009). "Systematics and phylogeny of Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species". Zool J Linn Soc (Abstract). 155 (2): 374–444. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00466.x. Retrieved 29 August 2023.