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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This is a very widespread species. It is found in central, northern, southern and south-western China (including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau), and through mainland Southeast Asia, south to northern Peninsular Malaysia. It has been recorded from a single locality in the north of Sumatra (Indonesia). It occurs up to 2,000m asl. The boundary between this species and Microhyla ornata is not clear, but has been arbitrarily set at the western border of Myanmar, pending further information.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Cambodia; China; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Macao; Malaysia; Myanmar; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Viet Nam
Additional data:
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 2000
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Population [top]
Population: It is a common species through most of its range.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: It occupies a number of habitat types including lowland scrub forest, grassland, agricultural land, pastureland and urban areas. Sub-fossorial in habit, it is also found in forest floor leaf-litter. It is mostly a nocturnal species that is only active diurnally during the rainy season. It breeds in temporary rain pools and other bodies of still water. It can occur in modified areas, such as non-intensively farmed agricultural land.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): Globally there are no major threats to this species. It might be locally threatened by agrochemical pollution (land and water) and the conversion of habitat to intensively cultivated land.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: It is found in many protected areas throughout its range.
Citation: Michael Wai Neng Lau, Geng Baorong, Peter Paul van Dijk, Djoko Iskandar. 2008. Microhyla fissipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T135848A4210760. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135848A4210760.en. Downloaded on 19 August 2016.
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