Micryletta is a genus of microhylid frogs. Prior to 2018, only 3 species were recognized, but phylogenetic studies since then have found a much higher species diversity within the genus.[1][2]
| Micryletta | |
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| Micryletta aishani | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Microhylinae |
| Genus: | Micryletta Dubois, 1987 |
| Diversity | |
| 12 species | |
Species
edit| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| Micryletta aishani Das, Garg, Hamidy, Smith, and Biju, 2019 | Northeast Indian paddy frog |
| Micryletta dissimulans Suwannapoom, Nguyen, Pawangkhanant, Gorin, Chomdej, Che, and Poyarkov, 2020 | camouflaged paddy frog |
| Micryletta erythropoda (Tarkhnishvili, 1994) | Mada paddy frog |
| Micryletta hekouensis Liu, Hou, Mo, and Rao, 2021 | Hekou paddy frog |
| Micryletta immaculata Yang and Poyarkov, 2021 | Hainan paddy frog |
| Micryletta inornata (Boulenger, 1890) | Deli paddy frog, False Ornate narrow-mouthed frog, Deli little pygmy, inornate froglet |
| Micryletta lineata (Taylor, 1962) | striped paddy frog |
| Micryletta melanops Poyarkov, Nguyen, Yang, and Gorin, 2021 | black-eyed paddy frog |
| Micryletta nigromaculata Poyarkov, Nguyen, Duong, Gorin and Yang, 2018 | black-spotted paddy frog |
| Micryletta steinegeri (Boulenger, 1909) | Stejneger's paddy frog, Stejneger's narrow-mouthed toad, paddy frog, Taiwan little pygmy frog |
| Micryletta subaraji Sankar, Law, Law, Shivaram, Abraham, and Chan, 2022 | Subaraj's paddy frog |
| Micryletta sumatrana Munir, Hamidy, Matsui, Kusrini and Nishikawa, 2020 |
References
edit- ^ "New frog species discovered in S'pore named after late conservationist Subaraj Rajathurai". mothership.sg. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ "Micryletta Dubois, 1987 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- "Amphibian Species of the World 6.1 - Microhylidae". Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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