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Microhyla picta Schenkel, 1901

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Microhylinae > Genus: Microhyla

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Microhyla picta Schenkel, 1901, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 13: 151. Holotype: NHMB, by original designation; NHMB 1412 according to Forcart, 1946, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 57: 134. Type locality: "Wahrschenlich Cochinchina", Vietnam.

Microhyla (Diplopelma) picta — Dubois, 1987, Alytes, 6: 4.

English Names

Painted Rice Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 91).

Distribution

Southern Vietnam.

Comment

Subgenus Diplopelma. See brief account by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 527. Nguyen, Ho, and Nguyen, 2005, Checklist Amph. Rept. Vietnam: 46, provided specific localities for Vietnam.

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