Raorchestes rezakhani Al-Razi et al., 2020

Hakim, Jonathan, Trageser, Scott J., Ghose, Animesh, Rashid, Sheikh Muhammad Abdur & Rahman, Shahriar Caesar, 2020, Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1239-1268 : 1248-1249

Raorchestes rezakhani Al-Razi et al., 2020

Material examined. BANGLADESH • 1 M, adult; Syl- het Division, Moulvibazar District , Kamalganj Upazila, LNP, trail northeast of Lawachara Station; 24°19.87′N, 091°47.30′E; 06 Jul. 2015; 23:54; photo voucher ZRC ( IMG) 1.146 .

Identification. This frog was a small, stocky brown male specimen with slightly webbed feet and toe pads. It had a dark brown “Y” mark between its eyes and an “inverted parentheses” dorsal marking on its body. The call was cricket-like with somewhat more tone, “tik-tiktik-tik...tik-tik-tik-tik.” Morphology was similar to that

of Raorchestes species found in Northeast India, but delineation to species level is only possible with genetic data (Franky Bossuyt pers. comm.; Stephen Mahony pers. comm.). Other researchers collected genetic samples from two male Raorchestes frogs in LNP and found them to represent a novel species, R. rezakhani ( Al-Razi et al. 2020) .

Habitat. Raorchestes rezakhani was encountered once, by JH in the middle of a prime section of mature forest. A male was calling from a leaf at night a few hours after a light rain. Other researchers observed two additional male frogs in undergrowth 2.0 km away in similar mature forest habitat.