Raorchestes manipurensis (Mathew & Sen, 2009)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Raorchestes manipurensis or Leimatak's bush frog is a species of frog of the genus Raorchestes found around the Tumzane river near Leimatak, Churachandpur district in the state of Manipur in India. This frog has been observed between 636 and 685 meters above sea level.
Scientists found this frog in the dry place where a river had been. It was near bamboo. The frogs hid under small rocks and dry leaves. Scientists think this frog hatches out of its egg as a small frog, like other frogs in Raorchestes. The species was discovered in 2008 and is named after "Leimatek" in Manipur, its type locality.
Wikipedia contributors, Raorchestes manipurensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:29:07.812361+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Raorchestes manipurensis (Mathew & Sen, 2009)
- Name authority
- (Mathew & Sen, 2009)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Rhacophoridae
- Genus
- Raorchestes
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyRhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932
- subfamilyRhacophorinae Hoffman, 1932
- genusRaorchestes Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta & Bossuyt, 2010
- speciesRaorchestes manipurensis (Mathew & Sen, 2009)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Raorchestes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Raorchestes agasthyaensis Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot & Kalesh, 2011 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raorchestes akroparallagi (Biju & Bossuyt, 2009) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raorchestes archeos Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu & Shanker, 2014 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raorchestes beddomii (Günther, 1876) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raorchestes bobingeri (Biju & Bossuyt, 2005) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raorchestes bombayensis (Annandale, 1919) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raorchestes chalazodes (Günther, 1876) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raorchestes chotta (Biju & Bossuyt, 2009) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raorchestes chromasynchysi (Biju & Bossuyt, 2009) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raorchestes dubois (Biju & Bossuyt, 2006) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raorchestes shillongensis (Pillai & Chanda, 1973) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raorchestes signatus (Boulenger, 1882) | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pseudophilautus manipurensis (Mathew & Sen, 2009) (Mathew & Sen, 2009) | synonym |
| Philautus manipurensis Mathew & Sen, 2009 Mathew & Sen, 2009 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1102241 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6WT3S. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.