Painted chorus frog

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| image = Microhyla butleri.jpg

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite iucn | author = van Dijk, Peter Paul | author2 = Ohler, A. | author3 = Lue, Kuangyang | author4 = Chou, Wenhao | author5 = Geng, Baorong | author6 = Chan, Bosco | name-list-style=amp | title = Microhyla butleri | volume = 2004 | page = e.T57878A11684662 | date = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57878A11684662.en }}

| taxon = Microhyla butleri

| authority = Boulenger, 1900

| synonyms = Microhyla boulengeri Vogt, 1913

Microhyla latastii Boulenger, 1920

Microhyla grahami Stejneger, 1924

Microhyla sowerbyi Stejneger, 1924

Microhyla cantonensis Chen, 1929

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The painted chorus frog (Microhyla butleri), also commonly known as Butler's narrow-mouthed toad, Butler's pigmy frog, Butler's rice frog, Butler's ricefrog, noisy frog or tubercled pygmy frog, is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is found in northeast India, Myanmar, southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Microhyla+butleri |title=Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900 |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=9 June 2013}}

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, ponds, open excavations, and irrigated land. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

Microhyla butleri have skin that is smooth or with small smooth warts above. They are brownish on their back, pale reddish on the sides and limbs, and whitish beneath. Male Microhyla butleri grow to a snout-vent length of {{convert|21|-|23|mm|abbr=on}} and females to {{convert|23|-|26|mm|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.amphibia.my/page.php?pageid=s_foundk&s_id=40&search1=Microhyla%20butleri&species=Microhyla%20butleri&submit=Search! |title=Microhyla butleri |work=Amphibians and Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia |access-date=25 September 2013}}