Microhyla dabieshanensis Zhang, Chen, and Zhang, 2022

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Microhylinae > Genus: Microhyla > Species: Microhyla dabieshanensis

Microhyla dabieshanensis Zhang, Chen, and Zhang in Zhang, Chen, Zhang, Ma, Sun, Jiang, and Zhang, 2022, Animals, 12 (2894): 9. Holotype: AHU2021QFL91, by original designation. Type locality: "Qingfengling (31 10 49,22 Nm 116 13 56.81 E; elevation 635 m a.s.l.)m Foziling Provincial Nature Reserve, Huoashan County, Luang City, Anhui Province, China". Zoobank publication registration: 7755C809-DD92-4E9E-A977-D0E629FA9595

English Names

Dabie Mountains Pygmy Frog (original publication), 

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality in the Dabie Mountains, Huoshan and Jinzhai counties, Luan City, Anhui Province, China, 535 to 1300 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: China, People's Republic of

Endemic: China, People's Republic of

Comment

The sister taxon of Microhyla mixtura + Microhyla okinavensis, according to the original publication, where comparative morphology, morphometrics, acoustics, and molecular markers were detailed. 

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