Microhyla mantheyi

Microhyla mantheyi (common name: Manthey's narrow-mouthed frog) is a species of microhylid frog. It is endemic to the Malay Peninsula and occurs in southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore.[2] However, molecular data suggest that the nominal species consists of at least two cryptic species.[2][3]

Microhyla mantheyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Microhyla
Species:
M. mantheyi
Binomial name
Microhyla mantheyi
Das, Yaakob and Sukumaran, 2007

Microhyla mantheyi inhabits lowland forests and slightly disturbed areas where they are usually found on the ground or in low vegetation.[1]

References

  1. Yaakob, N.; Das, I.; van Dijk, P.P.; Ming, L.; Chuaynkern, Y. & Sukumaran, J. (2016) [errata version of 2008 assessment]. "Microhyla mantheyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T136090A86084563. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Microhyla mantheyi Das, Yaakob, and Sukumaran, 2007". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. Gorin, Vladislav A.; Solovyeva, Evgeniya N.; Hasan, Mahmudul; Okamiya, Hisanori; Karunarathna, D.M.S. Suranjan; Pawangkhanant, Parinya; de Silva, Anslem; Juthong, Watinee; Milto, Konstantin D.; Nguyen, Luan Thanh; Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon; Haas, Alexander; Bickford, David P.; Das, Indraneil & Poyarkov, Nikolay A. (2020). "A little frog leaps a long way: compounded colonizations of the Indian Subcontinent discovered in the tiny Oriental frog genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Microhylidae)". PeerJ. 8: e9411. doi:10.7717/peerj.9411.


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