{{Short description|Species of amphibian}} {{Speciesbox | image = Microhyla pulchra.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. |year=2022 |title=''Microhyla pulchra'' |volume=2022 |article-number=e.T57891A63880157 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T57891A63880157.en |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> | genus = Microhyla | species = pulchra | authority = (Hallowell, 1861) | synonyms = ''Engystoma pulchrum'' <small>Hallowell, 1861</small><br /> ''Microhyla hainanensis'' <small>Barbour, 1908</small><br />← ''Microhyla melli'' <small>Vogt, 1914</small><br /> ''Microhyla major'' <small>Ahl, 1930</small> }}
'''''Microhyla pulchra''''' is a species of narrow-mouthed frog found in northeastern India, southern China, and Southeast Asia south to at least Thailand but possibly as far south as Malaysia and Singapore.<ref name=frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Microhyla+pulchra |title=''Microhyla pulchra'' (Hallowell, 1861) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |date=2013 |work=Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=16 June 2013}}</ref> It has also been introduced to Guam.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Wostl, Elijah|author2= Eric N. Smith|author3= Robert N. Reed|year= 2016|title=Origin and Identity of Fejervarya (Anura: Dicroglossidae) on Guam|journal= Pacific Science |volume=70|issue=2|pages=233–241|doi=10.2984/70.2.9|bibcode= 2016PacSc..70..233W}}</ref>
It has many common names, including '''beautiful pygmy frog''', '''Guangdong rice frog''', and '''marbled pygmy frog'''.<ref name=frost/> ''Microhyla pulchra'' is a common species in suitable habitat, but it is not often seen because it is cryptic and seasonal. It typically occurs near forest edges. It is eaten in Laos.<ref name=IUCN/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Microhyla Pulchra}} pulchra Category:Amphibians of Cambodia Category:Amphibians of China Category:Fauna of Hong Kong Category:Frogs of India Category:Amphibians of Laos Category:Amphibians of Thailand Category:Amphibians of Vietnam Category:Amphibians described in 1861
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