Appearance
Albert C. L. G. Günther described ''Raorchestes chalazodes'' based on a single female collected by Colonel Richard Henry Beddome from 'Travancore'. There were no verifiable reports of this species, until its rediscovery in 2011 by a team of batrachologists in the Upper Kodayar Region in Tamil Nadu. This secretive frog is found in the wet evergreen forests in and around Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Males squeeze through small cracks in bamboo from where they attract females which spawn within the hollows of the plant. The male then guards the eggs and tadpoles until they are mature enough to leave.The original holotype, a female, was 28 mm in snout-vent length. In life, overall body coloration of ''Raorchestes chalazodes'' is green. Ventral region is purplish white and there are dark black-blue spots on the groin region. A unique distinctive trait is its black iris with golden patches.References:
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