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Raorchestes ochlandrae (Gururaja, Dinesh, Palot, Radhakrishnan & Ramachandra, 2007)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Raorchestes ochlandrae from India

Raorchestes ochlandrae from India

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Open encyclopedia reference

Raorchestes ochlandrae (common name: Ochlandrae reed frog) is a species of shrub frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats, India. This species of the oriental shrub frog was first described from Kakkayam Reserve Forest of Calicut district, Kerala state, in the southern Western Ghats in 2007 but has since been recorded at many other sites along the Western Ghats. The specific name ochlandrae refers to microhabitat of the species, bamboo Ochlandra setigera.

Wikipedia contributors, Raorchestes ochlandrae; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:44:04.336201+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Raorchestes ochlandrae (Gururaja, Dinesh, Palot, Radhakrishnan & Ramachandra, 2007)
Name authority
(Gururaja, Dinesh, Palot, Radhakrishnan & Ramachandra, 2007)
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderAnura
  10. familyRhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932
  11. subfamilyRhacophorinae Hoffman, 1932
  12. genusRaorchestes Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta & Bossuyt, 2010
  13. speciesRaorchestes ochlandrae (Gururaja, Dinesh, Palot, Radhakrishnan & Ramachandra, 2007)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Raorchestes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Raorchestes agasthyaensis Zachariah, Dinesh, Kunhikrishnan, Das, Raju, Radhakrishnan, Palot & Kalesh, 2011RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Raorchestes akroparallagi (Biju & Bossuyt, 2009)RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Raorchestes archeos Vijayakumar, Dinesh, Prabhu & Shanker, 2014RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Raorchestes beddomii (Günther, 1876)RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Raorchestes bobingeri (Biju & Bossuyt, 2005)RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Raorchestes bombayensis (Annandale, 1919)RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Raorchestes chalazodes (Günther, 1876)RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Raorchestes chotta (Biju & Bossuyt, 2009)RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Raorchestes chromasynchysi (Biju & Bossuyt, 2009)RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Raorchestes dubois (Biju & Bossuyt, 2006)RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Raorchestes shillongensis (Pillai & Chanda, 1973)RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Raorchestes signatus (Boulenger, 1882)RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Philautus ochlandrae Gururaja, Dinesh, Palot, Radhakrishnan & Ramachandra, 2007 Gururaja, Dinesh, Palot, Radhakrishnan & Ramachandra, 2007synonym
Pseudophilautus ochlandrae (Gururaja, Dinesh, Palot, Radhakrishnan & Ramachandra, 2007) (Gururaja, Dinesh, Palot, Radhakrishnan & Ramachandra, 2007)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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1102226 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.

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:78SS4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.