Raorchestes crustai

Raorchestes crustai is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in Bonacaud in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India where it has been observed between 600 and 1500 meters above sea level.^[2][3][1]

Raorchestes crustai
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Genus:	Raorchestes
Species:	R. crustai
Binomial name
Raorchestes crustai Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot, and Kalesh, 2011

Original description

• Zachariah A; Dinesh KP; Kunhikrishnan E; Das S; Raju DV; Radhakrishnan C; Palot MJ; Kalesh S (2011). "Nine new species of frogs of the genus Raorchestes (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Western Ghats, India". Biosystematica (Preview). 5 (1): 25–48. Retrieved 19 September 2023.