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
Micryletta aishani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Microhylinae
Genus: Micryletta
Dubois, 1987
Diversity
12 species

Species

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Binomial Name and Author Common Name
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

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  1. ^ "New frog species discovered in S'pore named after late conservationist Subaraj Rajathurai". mothership.sg. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  2. ^ "Micryletta Dubois, 1987 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-07-06.