Nanohyla petrigena (Inger & Frogner, 1979)
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.

Microhyla petrigena
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Open encyclopedia reference
Nanohyla petrigena is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is found in northern and central Borneo (Brunei, southeastern Sabah and central Sarawak, Malaysia, and central Kalimantan, Indonesia) and in the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines. The common names pothole narrow-mouthed frog and Kapit rice frog have been coined for the species.
Wikipedia contributors, Nanohyla petrigena; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T17:15:39.594778+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Nanohyla petrigena (Inger & Frogner, 1979)
- Name authority
- (Inger & Frogner, 1979)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Microhylidae
- Genus
- Nanohyla
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyMicrohylidae Günther, 1858
- subfamilyMicrohylinae Günther, 1858
- genusNanohyla Poyarkov, Gorin & Scherz in Gorin, Scherz, Korost & Poyarkov, 2021
- speciesNanohyla petrigena (Inger & Frogner, 1979)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Nanohyla. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Nanohyla albopunctata Poyarkov, Gorin & Trofimets, 2023 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nanohyla annamensis (Smith, 1923) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nanohyla arboricola (Poyarkov, Vassilieva, Orlov, Galoyan, Tran, Le, Kretova & Geissler, 2014) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nanohyla marmorata (Bain & Nguyen, 2004) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nanohyla perparva (Inger & Frogner, 1979) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nanohyla pulchella (Poyarkov, Vassilieva, Orlov, Galoyan, Tran, Le, Kretova & Geissler, 2014) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nanohyla hongiaoensis (Hoang, Luong, Nguyen, Orlov, Chen, Wang & Jiang, 2020) | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Microhyla petrigena Inger & Frogner, 1979 Inger & Frogner, 1979 | synonym |
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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1270464 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:QMTBW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.