Microhyla pulchra

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 576 meters (1,889 feet).[1]

Ecology: It is mainly observed in forest edge situations. It inhabits disturbed areas such as cultivated fields , abandoned fields, grasslands and plantations, but is apparently not a commensal of large-scale agricultural areas. It breeds in large temporary rain pools , ponds or paddy fields. [2].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.2     Savanna - Moist   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.6     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.8     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
  
•     15     Artificial/Aquatic & Marine   
  
•     15.2     Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)   
  
•     15.5     Artificial/Aquatic - Excavations (open)   
  
•     15.7     Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels )   
  
•     15.8     Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Engystoma pulchrum • Microhyla hainanensis • Microhyla major • Microhyla melli • Ranina symmetrica • Scaptophyrne labyrinthica

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Hallowell, E. Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition , under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12 [1860]: 480 - 510, 1861.

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

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. 5.
• Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 203, p. 352.
• Amphibians of western China. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1950. url p. 249.
• Asiatic herpetological research. 6 1995 Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; c1990- url zheng & wu, page 161, fig. 1, page 162, fig. 2, page 163.
• Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the. .. British Museum. London, 1882. url p. 165.
• Descriptions of some tadpoles from Thailand [by] W. Ronald Heyer. 58 1971 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1971. url p. 83.
• 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. 113.
• Mating calls of some frogs from Thailand [by] W. Ronald Heyer. 58 1971 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1971. url fig. 4-6 , fig. 10 , fig. 16-17 , p. 65, p. 69, p. 75, p. 79.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 1913- url p. 2.
• Postilla. 1999 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 13.
• 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. 43.
• Secondary sex characters of Chinese frogs and toads. 22 1936 Chicago, 1936. url p. 151.
• Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 63.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 38 1958 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 1040, p. 268, p. 548, p. 597.
• The biology of the protozoa. Illus. with 223 engravings and 2 col. plates. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1933. url p. 379.
• The journal of the Natural History Society of Siam. [London: Luzac, 1914]-1924. url p. 39.

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 February 29, 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., Stuart, B., Ermi, Z. & Baorong, G. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• van Dijk, P.P., Stuart, B., Zhao Ermi & Geng Baorong 2004. Microhyla pulchra. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science: Chinese Institude of Biology - Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Chinese Institude of Biology - Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 29587
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664610
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664610
• IUCN ID: 223457
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 132215

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 553.130 based on 47 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. van Dijk, P.P., Stuart, B., Zhao Ermi & Geng Baorong 2004. Microhyla pulchra. 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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