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Microhyla fusca

Microhyla fusca is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Vietnam: it is only known from its type locality, Da Lat on Lang Biang Plateau in southern Vietnam. Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Its status is insufficiently known.

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Microhyla fusca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Microhyla
Species:
M. fusca
Binomial name
Microhyla fusca
Andersson, 1942

Microhyla fusca (common names: brown rice frog or Dalat pigmy frog) is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Vietnam: it is only known from its type locality, Da Lat on Lang Biang Plateau in southern Vietnam.2 Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Its status is insufficiently known.1

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  1. Peter Paul van Dijk, Annemarie Ohler (2004). "Microhyla fusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004 e.T57881A11685659. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57881A11685659.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Microhyla fusca Andersson, 1942". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 10 October 2013.