Microhyla heymonsi

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| image = Microhyla heymonsi.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Peter Paul van Dijk, Djoko Iskandar, Lue Kuangyang, Chou Wenhao, Geng Baorong, Zhao Ermi, Sushil Dutta |date=2004 |title=Microhyla heymonsi |volume=2004 |page=e.T57882A11685861 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57882A11685861.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Microhyla

| species = heymonsi

| authority = Vogt, 1911

}}

Microhyla heymonsi, also known as the dark-sided chorus frog or the Taiwan rice frog, is a species of narrow-mouthed frog found in northeastern India, southern China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia south to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra as well as the Great Nicobar Island. It was originally described from Taiwan.

As microhylids in general, Microhyla heymonsi is a small frog: males reach {{convert|16|-|21|mm|1|abbr=on}} and females {{convert|22|-|26|mm|1|abbr=on}} in snout-vent length. The dorsal colour is pinkish or greyish above with a black lateral band extending from the snout tip to the groin and entirely covering the sides of the head.{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibia.my/page.php?pageid=s_foundk&s_id=42&search1=Microhyla%20heymonsi&species=Microhyla%20heymonsi&submit=Search! |title=Microhyla heymonsi |work=Amphibians and Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia |access-date=16 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307054525/http://www.amphibia.my/page.php?pageid=s_foundk&s_id=42&search1=Microhyla%20heymonsi&species=Microhyla%20heymonsi&submit=Search! |archive-date=7 March 2012 }} It inhabits a variety of disturbed areas as well as secondary vegetation. It breeds in temporary rain puddles, paddy fields, ditches, marshes and slow-flowing streams.