Microhyla mukhlesuri Hasan et al., 2014

Cook-Price, Dawn R., Makchai, Sunchai, Hasin, Sasitorn & Suwanwaree, Pongthep, 2024, Amphibian survey of Ko Pha-gnan in Surat Thani Province, Thailand, ZooKeys 1207, pp. 167-183 : 167-183

Microhyla mukhlesuri Hasan et al., 2014

Fig. 5 Mukhlesur’s narrow-mouthed frog

Notes.

Individuals were observed in a variety of habitats. Three individuals were found in a rocky stream bed in national park forest. Eighteen individuals were observed on sandy trails at the edge of both forested and scrub-grassy habitats, five individuals were found in a patch of human-disturbed forest at the edge of human settlement, seven individuals observed in a grassy area in human settlement on the edge of a human-disturbed forest, five individuals observed in a grassy area at the edge of a pond in human settlement, and nine individuals were found in the leaf litter near a pond at the edge of human-disturbed forest. Primarily found around freshwater; however, it was also observed in and around brackish and saline water. Tadpoles observed developing in saline water (August 2023).

Distribution.

This species was detected in three of the eight human-settlement transects, three of the 13 human-disturbed forest transects, and seven of the 11 national park forest transects.

Figures

Figure 5. A Microhyla mukhlesuri near a small pond in human-disturbed forest B Polypedates leucomystax found on low branches near small pond in a marsh area in human-disturbed forest.