Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Microhylidae > Microhyla > Microhyla annectens

Microhyla annectens (Larut Hills Rice Frog)

Synonyms: Nanohyla annectens (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Larut Hills rice frog (Microhyla annectens) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia; records from Thailand and elsewhere probably refer to other species.Its natural habitats are evergreen submontane and montane rainforests. It lives on the forest floor and in puddles and breeds in temporary pools. It is locally threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Microhyla annectens

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Microhyla annectens

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Snout to Vent Length [1]  0.709 inches (1.8 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests Malaysia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sulu Archipelago rain forests Philippines Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sumatran freshwater swamp forests Indonesia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cameron Highlands Wildlife Sanctuary IV 168463 Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia  
Krau Wildlife Reserve IV 149823 Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0