Microhyla mukhlesuri Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2014

Microhyla mukhlesuri Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2014 View in CoL

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IB A. 6394 ; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 1E3FB713-F539-515C-A92F-65B6F4B2AB0F; Taxon: scientificNameID: Microhyla mukhlesuri ; scientificName: Microhyla mukhlesuri ; class: Amphibia; order: Anura ; family: Microhylidae ; genus: Microhyla ; specificEpithet: mukhlesuri ; scientificNameAuthorship: Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2014; Location: country: Vietnam; countryCode: VN; stateProvince: Ha Nam; county: Kim Bang; municipality: Kim Bang; locality: Kim Bang SHCA ; verbatimElevation: 25 m; verbatimLatitude: 20 ° 47.689 ' N; verbatimLongitude: 105 ° 92.435 ' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: eventDate: 24 April 2025; eventRemarks: collected by Nguyen QT, Pham TC, Phan QT, and Pham VA; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Amphibians; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IB A. 6395 ; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: C4811F5E-FE66-5EEA-94F4-B03CEBEB09CB; Taxon: scientificNameID: Microhyla mukhlesuri ; scientificName: Microhyla mukhlesuri ; class: Amphibia; order: Anura ; family: Microhylidae ; genus: Microhyla ; specificEpithet: mukhlesuri ; scientificNameAuthorship: Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2014; Location: country: Vietnam; countryCode: VN; stateProvince: Ha Nam; county: Kim Bang; municipality: Kim Bang; locality: Kim Bang SHCA ; verbatimElevation: 29 m; verbatimLatitude: 20 ° 47.882 ' N; verbatimLongitude: 105 ° 82.237 ' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: eventDate: 25 April 2025; eventRemarks: collected by Nguyen QT, Pham TC, Phan QT, and Pham VA; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Amphibians; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Description

Morphological characters of the specimens from Ha Nam Province agreed well with the description of Hasan et al. (2014): SVL 21.8 mm in male (n = 1) and 26.4 mm in female (n = 1); snout round, longer than eye (RL 3.0 mm, ED 2.0 mm in male; RL 3.6 mm, ED 2.5 mm in female); interorbital distance 1.5–1.8 times broader than upper eyelid (UEW 1.4 mm, IOD 2.5 mm in male; UEW 2.0 mm, IOD 3.0 mm in female); tympanum invisible; vomerine teeth absent; tongue roundly spatulate and free at the rear half of its length; external vocal sac present in males. Fore-limb slender (HAL 8.0 mm in male and 9.4 mm in female); fingers free of webbing and tips not swollen. Hind-limb slender, tibia longer than thigh (TbL 12.0 mm, FL 9.5 mm in male; TbL 12.1 mm, FL 10.0 mm in female); toe tips round, not swollen, webbed at base; subarticular tubercle present; inner and outer metatarsal tubercles present; tibio-tarsal articulation reaching behind the eye. Dorsal skin smooth, dorsolateral ridges discontinuous; ventral skin smooth. Colouration in life: dorsal surface of head and body grey with a dark X-shaped mark on the dorsum, arising from the eyes to the groin; limbs with dark transverse bars; ventral surface whitish, throat and chest mottled with dark brown (Figs 6 View Figure 6 , 7 View Figure 7 ).

Distribution

In Vietnam, this species is known from Lao Cai and Dien Bien Provinces in the north, southwards to Quang Nam Province ( Frost 2025). Elsewhere, this species is known from China, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, India, Bangladesh and Malaysia ( Frost 2025).

Ecology

Specimens of Microhyla mukhlesuri were found on the ground near a small puddle between 20: 30 h and 21: 00 h. Males were recorded calling at the site and tadpoles were detected in temporary water puddles. The surrounding habitat was a mixed secondary forest of small hardwood and shrubs.

Conservation

Conservation status. LC (Least Concern) ( IUCN 2025).