Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Microhyla superciliaris Parker, 1928, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 2: 486. Holotype: BMNH 1904.7.19.31 according to Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 134, Van Tuijl, 1995, Bull. Zool. Mus. Univ. Amsterdam, 14: 128. Type locality: "Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, Malay Peninsula", Malaya, Malaysia.

Microhyla (Microhyla) superciliaris — Dubois, 1987, Alytes, 6: 3.

English Names

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

Distribution

Malaya and Sumatra.

Comment

Subgenus Microhyla, Microhyla berdmorei group. See Berry, 1975, Amph. Fauna Peninsular Malaysia: 125, and brief account by Bourret, 1942, Batr. Indochine: 518-519. See identification table by Manthey and Grossmann, 1997, Amph. Rept. Südostasiens: 46, to compare this species with other microhylids in the Sunda Shelf region.

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