Microhyla fissipes

Microhyla fissipes (commonly known as the ornate chorus frog) is a microhylid frog from East and Southeast Asia, from southern and central China and Taiwan to the Malay Peninsula. It was previously considered to be the same species as Microhyla ornata of South Asia; thus the common names ornate narrow-mouthed frog or ornamented pygmy frog can refer to either species.[2]

Microhyla fissipes

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Microhyla
Species:
M. fissipes
Binomial name
Microhyla fissipes
Boulenger, 1884
Synonyms

Microhyla eremita Barbour, 1920[2]

Description

As microhylids in general, Microhyla fissipes is a small frog: males reach 22–27 mm (0.87–1.06 in) and females 25–28 mm (0.98–1.10 in) in snout-vent length.[3] Tadpoles are correspondingly small, about 22 mm (0.87 in) in total length.[4]

Habitat and behaviour

Microhyla fissipes is a common and widespread species. It can be found in many habitat types including lowland scrub forests, grassland, agricultural land, pastureland and urban areas. Sub-fossorial in habit, it is also found in forest floor leaf-litter. It is mostly nocturnal, only active diurnally during the rainy season. It breeds in rain pools and other bodies of still water. It tolerates habitat modification and can also occur in non-intensively farmed agricultural land.[1] In the Peninsular Malaysia, it inhabits upper hill and montane forest where they can be found on low vegetation or around puddles or waterlogged areas.[3]

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References
  1. Lau, Michael Wai Neng; Geng Baorong; Peter Paul van Dijk; Djoko Iskandar (2008). "Microhyla fissipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135848A4210760. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135848A4210760.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Microhyla fissipes Boulenger, 1884". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. "Microhyla fissipes". Amphibians and Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  4. Hendrix, Ralf; Anna Gawor; Miguel Vences; Thomas Ziegler (2008). "The tadpole of the narrow-mouthed frog Microhyla fissipes from Vietnam (Anura: Microhylidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1675: 67–68.
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