Microhyla pulchra

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| image = Microhyla pulchra.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. |year=2022 |title=Microhyla pulchra |volume=2022 |page=e.T57891A63880157 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T57891A63880157.en |access-date=30 May 2025}}

| genus = Microhyla

| species = pulchra

| authority = (Hallowell, 1861)

| synonyms = Engystoma pulchrum Hallowell, 1861

Microhyla hainanensis Barbour, 1908
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Microhyla melli Vogt, 1914

Microhyla major Ahl, 1930

}}

Microhyla pulchra is a species of narrow-mouthed frog found in northeastern India, southern China, and Southeast Asia south to at least Thailand but possibly as far south as Malaysia and Singapore.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Microhyla+pulchra |title=Microhyla pulchra (Hallowell, 1861) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |date=2013 |work=Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=16 June 2013}} It has also been introduced to Guam.{{cite journal|author=Wostl, Elijah|author2= Eric N. Smith|author3= Robert N. Reed|year= 2016|title=Origin and Identity of Fejervarya (Anura: Dicroglossidae) on Guam|journal= Pacific Science |volume=70|issue=2|pages=233–241|doi=10.2984/70.2.9|bibcode= 2016PacSc..70..233W}}

It has many common names, including beautiful pygmy frog, Guangdong rice frog, and marbled pygmy frog. Microhyla pulchra is a common species in suitable habitat, but it is not often seen because it is cryptic and seasonal. It typically occurs near forest edges. It is eaten in Laos.