What is Raorchestes manipurensis?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status =DD | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Raorchestes manipurensis | authority =(Mathew and Sen, 2009) | range_map = |synonyms=*Philautus manipurensis'' Mathew and Sen, 2009 *''Pseudophilautus manipurensis'' Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009 *''Raorchestes manipurensis'' Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, and Bossuyt, 2010 | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} '''Leimatak's bush frog''' (''Raorchestes manipurensis'') is a [[frog]]. It lives in [[India]], in Manipur and Meghalaya. Scientists have seen it in the [[Western Ghat]] mountains.<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6 |title=''Raorchestes manipurensis'' (Mathew and Sen, 2009) |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-manipurensis |access-date=September 6, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb |title= ''Pseudophilautus manipurensis'' (Mathew and Sen, 2009) |author1= |editor1= |date= |language= |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/7321 |access-date=September 6, 2023}}</ref> People have seen it between 636 and 685 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |title= Leimatak's Bush Frog: ''Raorchestes manipurensis'' |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202903/2757729 |page= e.T202903A2757729 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T202903A2757729.en |id=202903 |year=2023 |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |accessdate=April 1, 2024}}</ref> 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 [[direct development|hatches out of its egg as a small frog]], like other frogs in ''Raorchestes''.<ref name=IUCN /> ==First paper== *{{cite journal|author1=Mathew R |author2=Sen N. |year=2009 |title=Studies on little known amphibian species of northeast India. |journal=Rec. Zool. Surv. India Occ. Paper |volume=293 |pages=1-64|type=Abstract}} ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Frogs o