Range Extension of Raorchestes manipurensis (Mathew & Sen, 2009) (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) in Meghalaya, India

The genus Raorchestes was erected by Biju et al. (2010) and is represented by 51 species in India (Frost, 2015). In North East India, this genus is represented by 4 species (R. annandalii, R. manipurensis, R. sahai and R. shillongensis) (Mathew&Sen, 2010). Among these mentioned species, R. manipurensis was recently described by Mathew and Sen (2009) from Manipur from a single specimen that is deposited in the National Zoological Collection (V/A/ERS/ZSI/810) of Zoological Survey of India, Shillong. Till date this species is known from its type locality only. The current study pertains to a male frog collected from Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary located in Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya on 11 June, 2013.