Microhyla roedderi Hoang, Pham, Nguyen, Phan, Ziegler, Orlov, Jiang, and Do, 2025

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

Microhyla (Nanohyla) roedderi Hoang, Pham, Nguyen, Phan, Ziegler, Orlov, Jiang, and Do, 2025, Zootaxa, 5566: 355. Holotype: IEBR A.6271, by original designation. Type locality: "Van Ninh District, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam (12°49'49.0"N 109°11'55.8"E, at an elevation of 784 m a.s.l.)". Zoobank Publication registration: 46A25948-C58F-438F-8312-A9932549DBF0

Common Names

Roedder’s Narrow-mouth Frog (original publication). 

Nhái bầu roedder” (Vietnamese) (original publication). 

Distribution

Known from the vicinity of the type locality on Deo Ca Mountain, Khanh Hoa and Phu Yen Provinces, south-central Vietnam, at elevations between 433 and 784 m. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Vietnam

Endemic: Vietnam

Comment

Very similar to Microhyla nanapollexa in morphology, according to the original publication, where comparative morphology, molecular markers, and natural history were detailed. 

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