What is Raorchestes lechiya?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status =DD | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Raorchestes lechiya | authority =Zachariah, Cyriac, Chandramohan, Ansil, Mathew, Raju, and Abraham, 2016 | range_map = |synonyms= | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} '''Lechiyappan's bush frog''' or '''Sispara bush frog''' (''Raorchestes lechiya'') is a [[frog]]. It lives in [[India]]. Scientists have only seen it [[type locality (biology)|near where they first found it]]: 2023 meters above sea level in Silent Valley National Park.<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6 |title=''Raorchestes lechiya'' Zachariah, Cyriac, Chandramohan, Ansil, Mathew, Raju, and Abraham, 2016 |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-lechiya |access-date=September 13, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb |title= ''Raorchestes lechiya'' Zachariah, Cyriac, Chandramohan, Ansil, Mathew, Raju, and Abraham, 2016 |author1= |editor1= |date= |language= |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8490 |access-date=September 13, 2023}}</ref> People have seen it between 1800 and 2200 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |title= Lechiyappan's Shrub Frog: ''Raorchestes lechiya'' |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/113887925/113887939 |page=e.T113887925A113887939 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T113887925A113887939.en |id=113887925 |year=2023 |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |accessdate=March 28, 2024}}</ref> Scientists found one adult male frog that was about 19.8 mm long [[snout-vent length|from nose to rear end]]. The skin of its back was pale brown in color and it had many small spikes. There were white spots near its legs. The skin of the frog's belly was pink-white in color. The iris of the eye was the color of copper on top and dark brown on the bottom.<ref name=Des>{{cite journal|author1=Zachariah A|author2= Cyriac VP|author3= Chandramohan B|author4= Ansil BR|author5= Mathew JK|author6= Raiu DV|author7= Abraham RK |year=