Microhyla

Microhyla
Microhyla achatina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Microhylinae
Genus: Microhyla
Tschudi, 1838
Type species
Microhyla achatina
Tschudi, 1838
Species

Numerous, see text.

Microhyla, commonly known as the rice frogs, is a genus of microhylids, a group of diminutive frogs.

Species

As of November 2013, Microhyla consists of the following species according to Amphibian Species of the World.[1]

Binomial Name and AuthorCommon Name
Microhyla achatina Tschudi, 1838 Javan rice frog, Javan chorus frog, Javanese narrow-mouthed frog
Microhyla annamensis Smith, 1923 Vietnam rice frog, Annam narrow-mouthed frog, Annam chorus frog, minute narrow-mouth frog
Microhyla annectens Boulenger, 1900 Larut Hills rice frog, brown narrow-mouthed frog
Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth, 1856) Pegu rice frog, Berdmore's narrow-mouthed frog, Burmese microhylid frog, Berdmore's chorus frog
Microhyla borneensis Parker, 1928 Borneo rice frog, Borneo narrow-mouthed frog, Bornean narrow-mouthed frog, Bornean chorus frog, long-snouted frog
Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900 Butler's rice frog, Butler's ricefrog, Butler's narrow-mouthed Toad, Butler's pigmy frog, painted chorus frog, tubercled pygmy frog, noisy frog
Microhyla chakrapanii Pillai, 1977 Mayabunder rice frog, Chakrapani's narrow-mouthed frog, bilateral banded frog
Microhyla erythropoda Tarkhnishvili, 1994
Microhyla fissipes Boulenger, 1884 Ornamented pygmy frog, ornata microhylid frog, Malayan bullfrog, ornate narrow-mouthed frog, ornate narrowmouth frog, ornate pigmy frog, ornate chorus frog
Microhyla fowleri Taylor, 1934 Fowler's rice frog, large pygmy frog
Microhyla fusca Andersson, 1942 Brown rice frog, Dalat pigmy frog
Microhyla heymonsi Vogt, 1911 Taiwan rice frog, Heymon's ricefrog, dark-sided chorus frog, arcuate-spotted pygmy frog, Heymon's narrow-mouthed frog, Heymon's narrow-mouthed toad, burrowing microhylid frog, black-sided narrow-mouthed frog, black-flanked pigmy frog
Microhyla karunaratnei Fernando & Siriwardhane, 1996
Microhyla maculifera Inger, 1989 Sabah rice frog
Microhyla malang Matsui, 2011
Microhyla mantheyi Das, Yaakob, and Sukumaran, 2007
Microhyla marmorata Bain & Nguyen, 2004 Marble pigmy frog
Microhyla mixtura Liu & Hu in Hu, Zhao, & Liu, 1966 Chinese rice frog, mixtured pigmy frog
Microhyla nanapollexa Bain & Nguyen, 2004 No-thumb pigmy frog
Microhyla okinavensis Stejneger, 1901 Okinawa rice frog
Microhyla orientalis Matsui, Hamidy & Eto, 2013[2]
Microhyla ornata (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) Ant frog, ornate narrow-mouthed frog, ornate narrowmouth frog, ornate rice frog, ornate ricefrog, black-throated frog
Microhyla palmipes Boulenger, 1897 Pengalengan rice frog, palmated chorus frog, palmated narrow-mouthed frog
Microhyla perparva Inger & frogner, 1979 Labang Forest rice frog
Microhyla petrigena Inger & frogner, 1979 Kapit rice frog, pothole narrow-mouthned frog
Microhyla picta Schenkel, 1901 Painted rice frog
Microhyla pulchra (Hallowell, 1861) Guangdong rice frog, marbled pigmy frog, yellow-legged pigmy frog, beautiful pygmy frog, painted frog, yellow-legged narrow-mouthed frog
Microhyla pulverata Bain & Nguyen, 2004 Dusty speckling venter pigmy frog
Microhyla rubra (Jerdon, 1854) Guangdong rice frog, red narrow-mouthed frog, densely spotted microhylid frog
Microhyla sholigari Dutta & Ray, 2000
Microhyla superciliaris Parker, 1928 Batu Cave rice frog
Microhyla zeylanica Parker & Osman-Hill, 1949 Sri Lanka rice rice

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Names assigned to genus Microhyla". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.6 (9 January 2013). Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. Matsui M, Hamidy A, Eto K (2013). "Description of a new species of Microhyla from Bali, Indonesia (Amphibia, Anura)". Zootaxa 3670 (4): 579–590. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3670.4.9.

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