Micryletta steinegeri (Boulenger, 1909)
Microhyla steinegeri Boulenger, 1909, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 4: 494. Syntypes: BMNH 1909.10.29.92-96 according to Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 145. Type locality: "Kanshirei", Taiwan, China.
Microhyla stejnegeri — Nieden, 1923, Das Tierreich, 46: 35. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Rana gracilipes Gressitt, 1938, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 51: 161. Holotype: MVZ 23108, by original designation. Type locality: "Kuraru [= Kuantzuling], alt. 150 meters, Koshun [= Hengchun] district, near South Cape, Formosa [=Taiwan]", China. Synonymy by Matsui and Busack, 1985, Herpetologica, 41: 159; Dubois, 1987, Alytes, 6: 8.
Micryletta steinegeri — Dubois, 1987, Alytes, 6: 4.
English Names
Stejneger's Paddy Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 91).
Stejneger's Narrow-mouthed Toad (Lue, Tu, and Hsiang, 1999, Atlas Taiwan Amph. Rept.: 62).
Paddy Frog (Lue, Tu, and Hsiang, 1999, Atlas Taiwan Amph. Rept.: 62).
Taiwan Little Pygmy Frog (Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 298).
Distribution
Isolated records in central and southern Taiwan, China, below 1000 m elevation.
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Microhyla inornata by Dubois, 1987, Alytes, 6: 8, where it had been placed tentatively by Parker, 1928, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 10, 2: 498. This removal from synonymy implicitly rejected by Zhao and Adler, 1993, Herpetol. China: 163. Fei, 1999, Atlas Amph. China: 298-299, provided a brief account, figure, and map. Lue, Tu, and Hsiang, 1999, Atlas Taiwan Amph. Rept.: 62-63, provided a brief account. See illustration, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 454. Fei, Hu, Ye, and Huang, 2009, Fauna Sinica, Amph. 2: 920-924, provided an account and spot map. Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Colored Atlas of Chinese Amph.: 490, provided a brief account including photographs of specimens.
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