Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900

Nomenclature

Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900, commonly called the painted chorus frog, is also known by multiple other common names: Butler's narrow-mouthed toad, Butler's pigmy frog, Butler's rice frog, Butler's ricefrog, noisy frog, and tubercled pygmy frog. It is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae.

Distribution

This species is distributed in northeast India, Myanmar, southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore.

Habitat

Its natural habitats include subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, ponds, open excavations, and irrigated land.

Conservation Status

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) does not consider this species threatened.

Dorsal Skin Texture

The dorsal skin of Microhyla butleri is either smooth or covered in small smooth warts.

Coloration

The back of the frog is brownish, the sides and limbs are pale reddish, and the underside is whitish.

Size

Males of this species reach a snout-vent length of 21 to 23 millimeters (0.83 to 0.91 inches), while females reach 23 to 26 millimeters (0.91 to 1.02 inches).