Painted Chorus Frog

Fascinating facts about the Painted Chorus Frog

• Males reach 21–23 mm and females 23–26 mm in snout-vent length.
• It is found from northeast India to Singapore and inhabits habitats including subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, moist montane forest, moist shrubland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, ponds, open excavations, and irrigated land.
• Its skin is smooth or has small smooth warts and is brownish on the back, pale reddish on the sides and limbs, and whitish beneath.
• It was added to the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve checklist in 2019.

At a glance

About the Painted Chorus Frog

The painted chorus frog (Microhyla butleri) is a small member of the Microhylidae family. Males reach a snout-vent length of 21–23 mm and females 23–26 mm. They are brownish on the back, pale reddish on the sides and limbs, and whitish beneath, with skin that is smooth or has small smooth warts. The species occurs in northeast India, Myanmar, southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore, inhabiting subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, moist montane forest, moist shrubland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, ponds, open excavations, and irrigated land. In Singapore, it was added to the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve checklist in 2019.

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