#microhyla

[markscherz]

The phenomenal Microhyla nepenthicola, a species I hoped but did not plan to see during my short trip to Borneo. It’s a pretty small frog. I got the great pleasure of seeing several last night, just outside Kuching!

[herpsandbirds]

Mihintale Narrow-mouthed Frog (Microhyla mihintalei), family Microhylidae, Sri Lanka

photograph by Janith Hasaranga Seram

[toadschooled]

The aptly-named beautiful pygmy frog [Microhyla pulchra] is a small species native to northern India, southern China, and southeast Asia. These frogs are rarely seen due to their seasonal habits and excellent camouflage. Images by Artur Tomaszek.

[woodfrogs]

hi can you tell me your favorite frogs? i wanna draw some frogs i figured you'd know some fun ones c:

yes!! omg okay so im pretty biased towards frogs from the americas but ill try to put in some variety especially with some funky-looking ones :D

wood frog obviously. theres a variant with a white stripe down their back that some research suggests tends to appear more in grasslands!

spring peepers have a very cute X on their back

grey tree frogs/copes grey tree frogs are also very cute... theyre genetically different but visually indistinguishable

indian bullfrog. this is what the male looks like during breeding season. look at him. hes politely calling you over

spadefoot toads in general but some look especially silly. look at this plains spadefoot. he looks like sad kermit

my favourite sopping wet flat beast (happy flat fuck friday) : the bornean flat-headed frog. hes so flat because he got rid of his lungs :)

the blue-legged mantella and harald maier's mantella. madagascaran frogs that i find very pretty. and boophis pyrrhus bc this website (rightfully) loves boophis. their eyes are my favourite

Proceratophrys laticeps and the ecuador horned tree frog if you want some pointy guys

the manu poison dart frog, blessed poison frog, zimmerman's poison frog.... most frogs in dendrobatidae are brightly coloured or have striking patterns and are GORGEOUS but these are my favourite other than the really well-known ones

Ceuthomantis smaragdinus. there are like two pictures of this species online and im obsessed. look at this

All Calyptocephallelidae (like 5 species). bumpy lads

guangdong frogs (hylarana macrodactyla) AND guangdong rice frogs (microhyla pulchra). completely different families and different looking. thin and pointy vs round triangle. this is the latter

... i think thats it. well obviously there are more but these are the most visually stunning ones i found. i hope it covers a good enough variety of body shapes. there are so many fun species in the world amen

[robotblues]

Beautiful Pygmy Frog (Microhyla pulchra) in Hong Kong, by Artur Tomaszek on iNaturalist

[frogs-from-bogs]

Microhyla borneensis by peter soltys

[funkyfrogoftheday]

today's funky frog of the day: the Mangaluru narrow-mouthed frog (Microhyla kodial)!!!!!! these froggy friends were only described recently in 2018! they live in india.

photo by Harshith J. V.

[itsfrogtober]

frog of the day :)

Microhyla pulchra, Common names: Marbled pygmy frog, beautiful pygmy frog, Guangdong rice frog

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Habitat: Lives on the forest floor of open and non-dense forests, and rocky areas of which it can camouflage well with.

Found in: China and India

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[o-nexis]

DAMN GIRL … SHE THICC 😤😖😩😭

[zoomology]

Frogs? Amphibians? What’s the Fuss?

I have always loved frogs, ever since I was a little boy.

I still haven’t put my finger on what exactly mesmerises me so much. Is it their slippery skin, their hopping legs and huge eyes? Is it their diversity, the number of different body shapes and colours they exhibit? Is it that they have semi-permiable skin by which they absorb oxygen, that some lay eggs that are translucent so you can see the young develop? Is it that some frogs carry their tadpoles/froglets on their back or even in their mouths? Is it that they undergo a dramatic metamorphosis from tadpole to frog? Is it that they are found on every continent except Antarctica, and that amphibians have existed on Earth for over 300 million years? Or, is it that nearly 168 species are believed to have gone extinct in the last two decades and more than 43% of the world’s amphibian species are in decline?

It is all these things and more.

I believe frogs to be particularly worthy of our interest and conservation, especially due to the worrying global amphibian population declines that appear to be one of the most severe examples of the Holocene extinction. The unprecedented loss of amphibians will have severe implications for global biodiversity.

Finding Frogs in Borneo

During our recent visit to Danau Girang Field Centre in Borneo, I was desperate to get out at night and photograph as many frogs as possible. Walking up and down the track from the jetty to the Centre we saw many species. We also managed to join Juan (a researcher at the Centre) and a few local guides during their field work which gave me more time to search. The following are some of the species we encountered.

Species Encountered

Family: Dicroglossidae

Fejervarya limnocharis [ASIAN GRASS FROG]

Limnonectes finchi [ROUGH GUARDIAN FROG] with tadpoles

Family: Microhylidae

Metaphrynella sundana [BORNEAN TREE-HOLE FROG]

Microhyla borneensis [MATANG NARROW-MOUTHED FROG]

Family: Ranidae

Chalcorana chalconota [WHITE-LIPPED FROG]

Hylarana glandulosa [ROUGH-SIDED FROG]

Family: Rhacophoridae

Kurixalus appendiculatus [FRILLED-TREE FROG]

Polypedates colletti [COLLETT’S TREE FROG]

Polypedates leucomystax [FOUR-LINED TREE FROG]

Polypedates macrotis [DARK-EARED TREE FROG]

To see larger versions of the above photos, click on the thumbnails below.

Limnonectes finchi [ROUGH GUARDIAN FROG] with tadpoles

Chalcorana chalconota [WHITE-LIPPED FROG]

Polypedates colletti [COLLETT’S TREE FROG]

Kurixalus appendiculatus [FRILLED-TREE FROG]

Microhyla borneensis [MATANG NARROW-MOUTHED FROG]

Polypedates leucomystax [FOUR-LINED TREE FROG]

Fejervarya limnocharis [ASIAN GRASS FROG]

Metaphrynella sundana [BORNEAN TREE-HOLE FROG]

Hylarana glandulosa [ROUGH-SIDED FROG]

Polypedates macrotis [DARK-EARED TREE FROG]

Although we managed to see a good number of species, there were many more we didn’t come across. I guess you can’t see everything you want at once. The only remedy is a return visit and more time exploring the forest. Well then, until next time!

Polypedates colletti [COLLETT’S TREE FROG]

Want to Read More?

If you’d like to read more about our trip to Borneo and the wildlife we encountered there, check out some of our other blog posts here:

References and Further Reading

Amphibia Website – https://amphibiaweb.org/declines/declines.html (Retrieved 8 November, 2017)

IUCN Red List Website, Asian Grass Frog – http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/58275/0 (Retrieved 8 November, 2017)

IUCN Red List Website, Bornean Tree-hole Frog – http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/57872/0 (Retrieved 8 November, 2017)

IUCN Red List Website, Collett’s Tree Frog –  http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/58942/0 (Retrieved 8 November, 2017)

IUCN Red List Website, Dark-eared Tree Frog – http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/58955/0 (Retrieved 8 November, 2017)

IUCN Red List Website, Four-lined Tree Frog – http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/58953/0(Retrieved 8 November, 2017)

IUCN Red list Website, Frilled tree frog – http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/58972/0(Retrieved 8 November, 2017)

IUCN Red List Website, Matang Narrow Mouthed Frog – http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/57877/0 (Retrieved 8 November, 2017)

IUCN Red List Website, Rough Guardian Frog – http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/58333/0 (Retrieved 8 November, 2017)

IUCN Red List Website, Rough-sided Frog – http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/58603/0 (Retrieved 8 November, 2017)

IUCN Red List Website, White-lipped Frog – http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/58568/0 (Retrieved 8 November, 2017)

Wikipedia Website, Decline in Amphibian Populations – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_amphibian_populations (Retrieved 8 November, 2017)

A few #forest #frogs from our adventures in #Borneo. 🐸🐸🐸 #Kinabatangan #Sabah #Malaysia Frogs? Amphibians? What's the Fuss? I have always loved frogs, ever since I was a little boy.

[markscherz]

Whas ur favorite frog

Today's favourite frog is Microhyla berdmorei, which looks like it skipped arm day, but hit leg day extra hard.

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[physarumzk]

ヒメアマガエル Microhyla okinavensis 幼生 (2020.07.26)

[toadschooled]

You may mistake it for a trick of water refraction at first, but no- this frog really does have enormous and powerful legs. The beautiful pygmy frog [Microhyla pulchra] is a beefy little microhylid native to parts of India, China, and Southeast Asia. Images by iNaturalist user Kogia.

[only-cats-photos]

Microhyla sp. - need ID https://ift.tt/2YJb2xq - Follow me https://ift.tt/Roy1qi

[typhlonectes]

A new species of frog belonging to the genus Microhyla has been discovered by scientists/researchers from Mangalore University in collaboration with scientists from ATREE (Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment), Bengaluru.

This new species has been discovered in the temporary wetlands of Baikampady (industrial hub) of Mangaluru, the coastal city of Karnataka...

[ecologyshitposts]

Jokes aside they’re likely using the spin that this is good news because it’s a unique trapping method among Nepenthes. The hope is that, since they’re unique, it’ll be easier to protect them and help stop/slow down deforestation for the sake of palm oil plantations wherever this species is found.

A very nice thought! Unfortunately, many individual Nepenthes are constantly killed because of deforestation - even some species that have unique traits. Take N. ampullaria for example. Even though it’s carnivorous, a species of frog (Microhyla borneensis*) has evolved to actually use the pitchers as a nursery for their tadpoles!!

If you look at the second photo, you can see one of the tadpoles to the right.

Despite this unique relationship, N. ampullaria is often destroyed along with countless other plants when they clear cut to put in a palm oil plantation.

I’d like to believe this new discovery will have the intended effects, but in all likelihood it won’t :/

*Chien C. Lee, the photographer for these photos, is of the opinion that this M. borneensis is a separate species and that those that use the pitchers as nurseries should be described as Microhyla nepenthicola. iirc the evidence doesn’t seem to support separating the species, but many people believe they should be considered distinct

Ummm...Good news network? This is...good?news?