Microhyla fissipes

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| image = Ornate Pygmy Frog (Microhyla fissipes).jpg

| image_caption = Adult

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Michael Wai Neng Lau, Geng Baorong, Peter Paul van Dijk, Djoko Iskandar |date=2008 |title=Microhyla fissipes |volume=2008 |page=e.T135848A4210760 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135848A4210760.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Microhyla

| species = fissipes

| authority = Boulenger, 1884

| synonyms = Microhyla eremita Barbour, 1920{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Microhylinae/Microhyla/Microhyla-fissipes |title=Microhyla fissipes Boulenger, 1884 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=18 January 2014}}

| range_map = Microhyla fissipes map-fr.svg

| range_map_caption = Distribution (red)

}}

Microhyla fissipes (commonly known as the ornate chorus frog) is a microhylid frog from East and Southeast Asia, from southern and central China and Taiwan to the Malay Peninsula. It was previously considered to be the same species as Microhyla ornata of South Asia; thus the common names ornate narrow-mouthed frog or ornamented pygmy frog can refer to either species.

Description

File:Individuals of Microhyla fissipes in the three developmental stages used for gene expression profile analysis 2016.png

As microhylids in general, Microhyla fissipes is a small frog: males reach {{convert|22|-|27|mm|abbr=on}} and females {{convert|25|-|28|mm|abbr=on}} in snout-vent length. Tadpoles are correspondingly small, about {{convert|22|mm|abbr=on}} in total length.{{Cite journal| last = Hendrix| first = Ralf|author2=Anna Gawor |author3=Miguel Vences |author4=Thomas Ziegler | year = 2008| title = The tadpole of the narrow-mouthed frog Microhyla fissipes from Vietnam (Anura: Microhylidae)| journal = Zootaxa| volume = 1675| pages = 67–68| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.1675.1.5| url = http://www.mvences.de/Zootaxa/Vences_A133.pdf}}

Habitat and behaviour

Microhyla fissipes is a common and widespread species. It can be found in many habitat types including lowland scrub forests, grassland, agricultural land, pastureland and urban areas. Sub-fossorial in habit, it is also found in forest floor leaf-litter. It is mostly nocturnal, only active diurnally during the rainy season. It breeds in rain pools and other bodies of still water. It tolerates habitat modification and can also occur in non-intensively farmed agricultural land. In the Peninsular Malaysia, it inhabits upper hill and montane forest where they can be found on low vegetation or around puddles or waterlogged areas.{{cite web |url=http://www.iwana.com.my/herpweb/page.php?pageid=s_foundk&s_id=41&search1=Microhyla%20fissipes&species=Microhyla%20fissipes&submit=Search! |title=Microhyla fissipes |work=Amphibians and Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia |access-date=16 June 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}