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Microhyla
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Microhyla, commonly known as the rice frogs or narrow-mouthed frogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Microhylidae. It consists of 42 species of diminutive frogs. Members of this genus are widespread from Ryukyu Is. in Japan, and throughout South-east Asia, (China, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, India and Sri Lanka).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyMicrohylidae
Microhyla rubra Microhyla achatina Microhyla okinavensis Microhyla heymonsi Microhyla butleri Microhyla ist eine Amphibien-Gattung aus der Familie der Engmaulfrösche (Microhylidae). Die Gattung gehört zur Unterfamilie der Engmaulfrösche im engeren Sinn (Microhylinae).
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 797
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Microhylidae
- Collections
- ROM
- Recorded in
- Vietnam, China
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Diagnosis
- Evolutionary relationships
- Species
- Phylogeny
- References
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Microhyla, commonly known as the rice frogs or narrow-mouthed frogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Microhylidae. It consists of 42 species of diminutive frogs. Members of this genus are widespread from Ryukyu Is. in Japan, and throughout South-east Asia, (China, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, India and Sri Lanka).
== Taxonomy == In 2021, nine species of Microhyla were moved to Nanohyla on the basis of morphological and phylogenetic differences. Microhyla pulverata was found to be a junior synonym of Nanohyla marmorata based on phylogenetic evidence.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Microhyla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.