Microhyla kuramotoi Matsui and Tominaga, 2020

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

Microhyla kuramotoi Matsui and Tominaga, 2020, Curr. Herpetol., Kyoto, 39: 126. Holotype: RUMF-ZH 01017, by original designation. Type locality: "Fukai, Ishigaki-shi, Ishigakijima Is., Okinawa Pref., Japan (24°27′30.9″ N, 124° 13′35.5″ E, 5.4 m asl)". Zoobank publication registration: FD340A3B-F12D-4785-913F-4EC4F3D2A1B4

English Names

Yaeyama Narrow-Mouthed Toad (original publication). 

Distribution

Yaeyama group of islands in the southern Ryukyus, Japan. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Japan

Endemic: Japan

Comment

In the Microhyla fissipes group, the sister taxon of Microhyla mixtura, but previously confused with Microhyla okinavensis according to the original publication. See comments under Microhyla okinavensis for older literature of possible relevance 

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