Microhyla mukhlesuri Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Kurabayashi & Sumida 2014

Microhyla mukhlesuri Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2014 Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IB A. 6394; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 1E3FB713-F539-515C-A92F-65B6F4B2AB0F; Taxon: scientificNameID: Microhyla mukhlesuri; scientificName: Microhyla mukhlesuri; class: Amphibia; order: Anura; family: Microhylidae; genus: Microhyla; specificEpithet: mukhlesuri; scientificNameAuthorship: Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2014; Location: country: Vietnam; countryCode: VN; stateProvince: Ha Nam; county: Kim Bang; municipality: Kim Bang; locality: Kim Bang SHCA; verbatimElevation: 25 m; verbatimLatitude: 20 ° 47.689 ' N; verbatimLongitude: 105 ° 92.435 ' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: eventDate: 24 April 2025; eventRemarks: collected by Nguyen QT, Pham TC, Phan QT, and Pham VA; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Amphibians; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: IB A. 6395; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: C4811F5E-FE66-5EEA-94F4-B03CEBEB09CB; Taxon: scientificNameID: Microhyla mukhlesuri; scientificName: Microhyla mukhlesuri; class: Amphibia; order: Anura; family: Microhylidae; genus: Microhyla; specificEpithet: mukhlesuri; scientificNameAuthorship: Hasan, Islam, Kuramoto, Kurabayashi & Sumida, 2014; Location: country: Vietnam; countryCode: VN; stateProvince: Ha Nam; county: Kim Bang; municipality: Kim Bang; locality: Kim Bang SHCA; verbatimElevation: 29 m; verbatimLatitude: 20 ° 47.882 ' N; verbatimLongitude: 105 ° 82.237 ' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; Event: eventDate: 25 April 2025; eventRemarks: collected by Nguyen QT, Pham TC, Phan QT, and Pham VA; Record Level: language: en; collectionCode: Amphibians; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Description Morphological characters of the specimens from Ha Nam Province agreed well with the description of Hasan et al. (2014): SVL 21.8 mm in male (n = 1) and 26.4 mm in female (n = 1); snout round, longer than eye (RL 3.0 mm, ED 2.0 mm in male; RL 3.6 mm, ED 2.5 mm in female); interorbital distance 1.5–1.8 times broader than upper eyelid (UEW 1.4 mm, IOD 2.5 mm in male; UEW 2.0 mm, IOD 3.0 mm in female); tympanum invisible; vomerine teeth absent; tongue roundly spatulate and free at the rear half of its length; external vocal sac present in males. Fore-limb slender (HAL 8.0 mm in male and 9.4 mm in female); fingers free of webbing and tips not swollen. Hind-limb slender, tibia longer than thigh (TbL 12.0 mm, FL 9.5 mm in male; TbL 12.1 mm, FL 10.0 mm in female); toe tips round, not swollen, webbed at base; subarticular tubercle present; inner and outer metatarsal tubercles present; tibio-tarsal articulation reaching behind the eye. Dorsal skin smooth, dorsolateral ridges discontinuous; ventral skin smooth. Colouration in life: dorsal surface of head and body grey with a dark X-shaped mark on the dorsum, arising from the eyes to the groin; limbs with dark transverse bars; ventral surface whitish, throat and chest mottled with dark brown (Figs 6, 7). Distribution In Vietnam, this species is known from Lao Cai and Dien Bien Provinces in the north, southwards to Quang Nam Province (Frost 2025). Elsewhere, this species is known from China, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, India, Bangladesh and Malaysia (Frost 2025). Ecology Specimens of Microhyla mukhlesuri were found on the ground near a small puddle between 20: 30 h and 21: 00 h. Males were recorded calling at the site and tadpoles were detected in temporary water puddles. The surrounding habitat was a mixed secondary forest of small hardwood and shrubs. Conservation Conservation status. LC (Least Concern) (IUCN 2025).