What is Raorchestes kakachi?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image =Raorchestes kakachi - Kakachi shrub frog male and female.jpg | status =NT | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Raorchestes kakachi | authority =Seshadri, Gururaja, and Aravind, 2012 | range_map = |synonyms= | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} The '''Kakachi shrub frog''' (''Roarchestes kakachi'') is a [[frog]]. It lives in [[India]]. Scientists have seen it in the [[Western Ghat]] mountains,<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6 |title=''Raorchestes kakachi'' Seshadri, Gururaja, and Aravind, 2012 |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Raorchestes/Raorchestes-kakachi |access-date=September 25, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb |title= ''Raorchestes kakachi'' Seshadri, Gururaja, and Aravind, 2012 |author1= |editor1= |date= |language= |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/7886 |access-date=September 25, 2023}}</ref> between 1100 and 1300 meters above sea level.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |title= Kakachi Shrub Frog: ''Raorchestes kakachi'' |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/56040643/56040788 |page=e.T56040643A56040788 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T56040643A56040788.en |id=56040643 |year=2023 |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |accessdate=March 27, 2024}}</ref> This frog lives in evergreen forests high in the hills. It lives on plants near streams and on the ground. Like other frogs in ''Raorchestes'', this frog [[direct development|hatches out of its egg as a small frog]] and never swims as a tadpole.<ref name=IUCN /> The adult male frog is about 24.7–25.8 mm long [[snout-vent length|from nose to rear end]] and the adult female frog is about 24.3–34.1 mm long. This frog can be any color from white to brown. There is darker brown on its sides and neck. Its head is wider than it is long. The ear is hard to see.<ref name=Des>{{cite journal|author1=Seshadri KS|author2= Gururaja KV|author3= Aravind NA |year=2012 |title=A new species of Raorchestes (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophori