Microhylidae

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Boulenger's Giant Treefrog

Boulenger's Giant Treefrog

Cophyla grandis (Boulenger, 1889)

Cophyla grandis (Platypelis grandis) is a Microhylidae frog endemic to Madagascar, threatened by habitat loss.

Marbled Rain Frog

Marbled Rain Frog

Scaphiophryne marmorata Boulenger, 1882

Scaphiophryne marmorata, the green burrowing frog, is a small frog found across Madagascar up to 1000m elevation.

Dark-sided Chorus Frog

Dark-sided Chorus Frog

Microhyla heymonsi Vogt, 1911

Microhyla heymonsi is a small narrow-mouthed frog species found across parts of East, South, and Southeast Asia.

Javan Chorus Frog

Javan Chorus Frog

Microhyla achatina Tschudi, 1838

Microhyla achatina is a small endemic frog from Java that lives in forests and nearby human areas.

Beautiful Pygmy Frog

Beautiful Pygmy Frog

Microhyla pulchra (Hallowell, 1861)

Microhyla pulchra is a widespread narrow-mouthed frog with multiple common names found across Asia.

Tubercled Pygmy Frog

Tubercled Pygmy Frog

Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900

Microhyla butleri is a small non-threatened Microhylidae frog found across multiple regions of South and East Asia.

Palmated Chorus Frog

Palmated Chorus Frog

Microhyla palmipes Boulenger, 1897

Microhyla palmipes, the palmated chorus frog, is a tiny frog found in fragmented ranges across Malaysia and Indonesia.

Berdmore's Narrow-mouthed Frog

Berdmore's Narrow-mouthed Frog

Microhyla berdmorei (Blyth, 1856)

Microhyla berdmorei is a common frog species found in Southeast Asian moist evergreen hilly forests, with characteristic yellow bellies.

Ornate Narrow-mouthed Toad

Ornate Narrow-mouthed Toad

Microhyla ornata (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)

Microhyla ornata, the ornate narrow-mouthed frog, is a small South Asian frog with characteristic markings that may shelter in elephant dung.

East Asian Ornate Chorus Frog

East Asian Ornate Chorus Frog

Microhyla fissipes Boulenger, 1884

Microhyla fissipes is a small, widespread common frog that lives in multiple habitat types across its range.

Lesser Bornean Narrow-mouthed Frog

Lesser Bornean Narrow-mouthed Frog

Microhyla borneensis Parker, 1928

Microhyla borneensis is a tiny Bornean frog that lives and breeds in the pitchers of the pitcher plant Nepenthes ampullaria.

Muller's Narrowmouth Frog

Muller's Narrowmouth Frog

Kaloula baleata (Müller, 1836)

Kaloula baleata, the smooth-fingered narrow-mouthed frog, is a stout Southeast Asian frog with characteristic color markings and habitat preferences.

Boreal Digging Frog

Boreal Digging Frog

Kaloula borealis (Barbour, 1908)

Kaloula borealis, the boreal digging frog, is a Northeast Asian narrow-mouthed frog common across most of its range.

Asian Painted Frog

Asian Painted Frog

Kaloula pulchra Gray, 1831

Kaloula pulchra, the banded bullfrog, is a medium-sized burrowing frog native to Southeast Asia.

Stejneger's Paddy Frog

Stejneger's Paddy Frog

Micryletta steinegeri (Boulenger, 1909)

Micryletta steinegeri is a rare small frog with fragmented range in central and southern Taiwan, threatened by habitat loss.

Mada Paddy Frog

Mada Paddy Frog

Micryletta erythropoda (Tarkhnishvili, 1994)

Micryletta erythropoda, the Mada paddy frog, is a Microhylidae frog found in Southeast Asia with a reclassified taxonomic history.

Malayan Treehole Frog

Malayan Treehole Frog

Metaphrynella pollicaris (Boulenger, 1890)

Metaphrynella pollicaris is a hole-dwelling frog found in Asian evergreen rainforests that lives in tree and bamboo hollows.

Bornean Tree Hole Frog

Bornean Tree Hole Frog

Metaphrynella sundana (Peters, 1867)

Metaphrynella sundana is a small frog that lives in rainforest tree holes and is threatened by clear-cutting habitat loss.

Saffron-bellied Frog

Saffron-bellied Frog

Chaperina fusca Mocquard, 1892

Chaperina fusca is a small frog found in varied forest and human-modified habitats, threatened by deforestation, agriculture and pollution.

Marbled balloon frog

Marbled balloon frog

Uperodon systoma (Schneider, 1799)

Uperodon systoma is a toothless fossorial frog that feeds mainly on ants and termites, breeding during summer monsoons.

Indian Balloon Frog

Indian Balloon Frog

Uperodon globulosus (Günther, 1864)

Uperodon globulosus is a fossorial frog that breeds explosively in shallow ponds, found in South Asian protected areas and human-modified landscapes.

Malabar Dot Frog

Malabar Dot Frog

Uperodon triangularis (Günther, 1876)

Uperodon triangularis is an endemic narrow-mouthed frog of India's Western Ghats that breeds in tree hollow water.

White-bellied pug-snout frog

White-bellied pug-snout frog

Uperodon variegatus (Stoliczka, 1872)

Uperodon variegatus is a small frog native to peninsular India that often enters human homes, with specific physical and behavioral traits described.

Painted Globular Frog

Painted Globular Frog

Uperodon taprobanicus (Parker, 1934)

Uperodon taprobanicus is a plump fossorial frog native to South Asia, living in a range of forest and human-associated habitats.

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