''Raorchestes anili'', known commonly as Anil's bush frog, is a species of
frog in the family
Rhacophoridae.
It is found in the
Western Ghats in the state of
Kerala in India. It has been observed between above sea level.
Its
habitats include roadside vegetation and gardens.
The adult male frog measures
from nose to rear end and one female specimen measured . The skin of the dorsum is light brown in color with darker brown marks. There is a dark brown mark on each side of the body, stretching from each front leg to each hind leg, meeting in the middle to make a V shape. There is a light brown intraorbital mark. Most of the snout is gray. There are many brown-black spots on the back. The iris of the eye is yellow-red in color with a gray rim.
Scientists named this frog after Anil Zachariah, who assisted Dr. Biju.
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People have seen this frog in forests, coffee farms, roadside vegetation, and near human habitation. This frog breeds through direct development with no free-swimming tadpole stage.]
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Photos
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anili
Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats
Fauna of Kerala
Frogs of India
Amphibians described in 2006
Taxa named by Sathyabhama Das Biju
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