Microhyla berdmorei

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].

Ecology: It inhabits various types of moist evergreen forest , including monsoon and perennial rainforest types, being generally associated with hilly regions (Dring 1979, Inger et al. 1999, Stuart 1999, Berry 1975), and often found near streams (Stuart 2005). It also occurs in secondary growth . Breeding mainly takes place in still pools . [1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.6     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     4.6     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     5.8     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
  
•     15     Artificial/Aquatic & Marine   
  
•     15.2     Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Callula natatrix • Engystoma berdmorei • Microhyla fowleri • Microhyla malcolmi

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

This form is likely to be a complex of species (R. Inger pers. comm. ). Until this complex of more than one species is resolved, Microhyla fowleri is considered to be a synonym of M. berdmorei, contra Dubois (1987). It might be that M. fowleri will be elevated to species status again on resolution of the complex of more than one species.[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Microhyla

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. achatina (Javan Chorus Frog) · M. annectens (Larut Hills Rice Frog) · M. berdmorei (Berdmore's Chorus Frog) · M. borneensis (Borneo Chorus Frog) · M. butleri (Butler's Ricefrog) · M. heymonsi (Arcuate-Spotted Pygmy Frog) · M. mixtura (Mixtured Pygmy Frog) · M. okinavensis (Okinawa Rice Frog) · M. ornata (Ornamented Pygmy Frog) · M. palmipes (Palmated Chorus Frog) · M. pulchra (Beautiful Pygmy Frog) · M. rubra (Guangdong Rice Frog)

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Further Reading

• A collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Cardamom Mountains, southwestern Cambodia / Bryan L. Stuart [and] David A. Emmett. 109 2006 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c2006. url table 2 , p. 6.
• Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 202, p. 352.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 194, p. 452, p. 59, p. 95.
• Descriptions of some tadpoles from Thailand [by] W. Ronald Heyer. 58 1971 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1971. url p. 83.
• Frogs of Vietnam: a report on new collections / Robert F. Inger, Nikolai Orlov, Ilya Darevsky. 92 1999 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1999. url table 5 , p. 11, p. iii.
• Internal oral features of larvae from eight Anuran families: functional, systematic, evolutionary, and ecological considerations / by Richard Wassersug. 1980 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1980. url , p. 104, p. 107, p. 109, p. 115, p. 116, p. 118, fig. 10, page 25, p. 27, p. 29, p. 30.
• Journal of the Federated Malay States museums. Kuala Lumpur: F.M.S. Museums, 1906-1929. url , p. 281.
• Mating calls of some frogs from Thailand [by] W. Ronald Heyer. 58 1971 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1971. url fig. 4-6 , p. 65.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 183.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 415.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 6.
• Records of the Indian Museum. Calcutta: Pub. by order of the trustees of the Indian Museum, . 1907-1962. url , p. 42.
• Tadpoles of the forested regions of Borneo / Robert F. Inger. 26 1985 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1985. url table 13 , p. 34.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 38 1958 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 1040, p. 1070, fig. 11, page 1071, p. 268, fig. 96, page 561, p. 597.
• The systematics and zoogeography of the amphibia of Borneo [by] Robert F. Inger. 52 1966 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1966. url fig. 29 , p. 145, p. 149, p. 150, p. 367.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• van Dijk, P.P., Inger, R., Iskandar, D., Yang Datong, Ohler, A., Lu Shunqing, Dutta, S., Bordoloi, S., Sengupta, S. & Asmat, G.S.M. 2009. Microhyla berdmorei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 13, 2008:

• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Amphibian Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29570
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664593
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837377
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664593
• IUCN ID: 223437
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 132117

Footnotes

1. van Dijk, P.P., Inger, R., Iskandar, D., Yang Datong, Ohler, A., Lu Shunqing, Dutta, S., Bordoloi, S., Sengupta, S. & Asmat, G.S.M. 2009. Microhyla berdmorei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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