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Microhyla palmipes Boulenger, 1897

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Palmated Chorus Frog, Microhyla palmipes, from paddyfield in Karawang, West Java, Indonesia.  Second male individual, with vocal sac inflated.  Dorsal view.

Palmated Chorus Frog, Microhyla palmipes, from paddyfield in Karawang, West Java, Indonesia. Second male individual, with vocal sac inflated. Dorsal view.

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Open encyclopedia reference

The palmated chorus frog (Microhyla palmipes) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and freshwater marshes. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

Wikipedia contributors, Palmated chorus frog; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:12:59.380925+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Microhyla palmipes Boulenger, 1897
Name authority
Boulenger, 1897
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Microhylidae
Genus
Microhyla
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderAnura
  10. familyMicrohylidae Günther, 1858
  11. subfamilyMicrohylinae Günther, 1858
  12. genusMicrohyla Tschudi, 1838
  13. speciesMicrohyla palmipes Boulenger, 1897

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Microhyla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Microhyla achatina Tschudi, 1838MicrohylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Microhyla aurantiventris Nguyen, Poyarkov, Nguyen, Nguyen, Tran, Gorin, Murphy & Nguyen, 2019MicrohylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Microhyla borneensis Parker, 1928MicrohylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Microhyla darevskii Poyarkov, Vassilieva, Orlov, Galoyan, Tran, Le, Kretova & Geissler, 2014MicrohylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Microhyla darreli Garg, Suyesh, Das, Jiang, Wijayathilaka, Amarasinghe, Alhadi, Vineeth, Aravind et al., 2018MicrohylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Microhyla ornata (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)MicrohylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Microhyla rubra (Jerdon, 1853)MicrohylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Microhyla taraiensis Khatiwada, Shu, Wang, Thapa, Wang & Jiang, 2017MicrohylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Microhyla laterite Seshadri, Singal, Priti, Ravikanth, Vidisha, Saurabh, Pratik & Gururaja, 2016MicrohylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Microhyla karunaratnei Fernando & Siriwardhane, 1996MicrohylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Microhyla malcolmi Cochran, 1927MicrohylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Microhyla kodial Vineeth, Radhakrishna, Godwin, Anwesha, Rajashekhar & Aravind, 2018MicrohylidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 516 records assigned to Microhylidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Microhyla niasensis Van Kampen, 1915 Van Kampen, 1915synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=664606 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:42XBD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.