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Microhyla taraiensis Khatiwada, Shu, Wang, Thapa, Wang, and Jiang, 2017
Microhyla taraiensis Khatiwada, Shu, Wang, Thapa, Wang, and Jiang, 2017, Zootaxa, 4254: 225. Holotype: NHM-TU-17A-0110, by original designation. Type locality: "a paddy field in Jamun Khadi, Jhapa district, Nepal, 26.65358°N & 87.91161°E; elevation 119 m asl". http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FA412A05-7C7E-40AA-9958-A54989248415
English Names
Tarai Narrow-mouthed Frog (original publication).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Jamun Khadi, Jhapa district, Nepal), although presumably to be found more widely, including adjoining Bihar and West Bengal, India.
Comment
The sister taxon of Microhyla ornata + Microhyla nilphamariensis according to the original publication, where the unique vocalization and external morphology were described. In the Microhyla ornata species group of Garg, Suyesh, Das, Jiang, Wijayathilaka, Amarasinghe, Alhadi, Vineeth, Aravind, Senevirathne, Meegaskumbura, and Biju, 2018 "2019", Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 69: 1–71. Gorin, Solovyeva, Hasan, Okamiya, Karunarathna, Pawangkhanant, de Silva, Juthong, Milto, Nguyen, Suwannapoom, Haas, Bickford, Das, and Poyarkov, 2020, PeerJ, 8 (e9411): 1–47, placed this species in their Microhyla ornata group. Khatiwada, Wang, Zhao, Xie, and Jiang, 2021, Asian Herpetol. Res., 12: 1–35, discussed the genetics of the Nepal population.
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