Painted chorus frog
| Microhyla butleri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Microhylinae |
| Genus: | Microhyla |
| Species: | M. butleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Microhyla boulengeri Vogt, 1913 | |
The painted chorus frog (Microhyla butleri, also commonly known as Butler's narrow-mouthed toad, Butler's pigmy frog, Butler's rice frog, Butler's ricefrog, noisy frog, or tubercled pygmy frog) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is found in northeast India, Myanmar, southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, ponds, open excavations, and irrigated land. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1]
Microhyla butleri have skin that is smooth or with small smooth warts above. They are brownish on their back, pale reddish on the sides and limbs, and whitish beneath. Male Microhyla butleri grow to a snout-vent length of 21–23 mm (0.83–0.91 in) and females to 23–26 mm (0.91–1.02 in).[3]
References
- 1 2 van Dijk, P.P.; Ohler, A.; Lue Kuangyang; Chou Wenhao; Geng Baorong & Bosco Chan (2009). "Microhyla butleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ "Microhyla butleri". Amphibians and Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia. Retrieved 25 September 2013.