Raorchestes drutaahu

Raorchestes drutaahu, the fast-calling shrub frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to in India. Scientists have observed this frog in Kodaikanal in the Western Ghat mountains, between 1000 and 1450 meters above sea level.

This frog has been observed in shola and in the grassy places nearby. The frogs perch on shrubs frogs .5 to 1.4 meters above the ground. They have also been observed on tea plantations. Like other frogs in Raorchestes, this frog breeds through direct development with no free-swimming tadpole stage.

This frog may be threatened by deforestation and habitat fragmentation associated with tea plantations and may suffer from widespread pesticide use.