''Nanohyla hongiaoensis'' is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

in the family

Microhylidae The Microhylidae, commonly known as narrow-mouthed frogs, are a geographically widespread family of frogs. The 683 species are in 63 genera and 11 subfamilies, which is the largest number of genera of any frog family. Evolution A molecular phylo ...

. It is also known as the Hongiao narrow-mouth frog. It is only known from Bidoup Nui Ba National Park in

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. Little is known about the species or its distribution and so it is likely to be rated

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by the

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. ''Nanohyla hongiaoensis'' is superficially similar to '' N. pulchella'', but ''N. hongiaoensis'' is smaller and has differences in coloration.Hoang van, Chung & Anh, Luong & Nguyen, Truong & Orlov, Nikolai & Chen, Youhua & Wang, Bin & Jian-Ping, Jiang. (2020). A new species of ''Microhyla'' (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Langbian Plateau, Central Vietnam. Asian Herpetological Research. 11. 161–182
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Taxonomy

''Nanohyla hongiaoensis'' was originally described as ''Microhyla hongiaoensis'', but a 2021 study using morphological and phylogenetic evidence moved nine species (including ''N. hongiaoensis)'' to a new genus, ''

Nanohyla ''Nanohyla'' is a genus of frogs in the family Microhylidae. Members of the genus are known as pygmy narrow-mouthed frogs. The members of the genus are found throughout Southeast Asia in the countries of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malays ...

''. Both the Hongiao narrow-mouth frog and its scientific specific epithet, ''hongiaoensis'', are named for the type locality of the species, the Hon Giao forest in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park.

References

hongiaoensis Amphibians of Vietnam Endemic fauna of Vietnam Amphibians described in 2020 Taxa named by Nikolai Loutseranovitch Orlov {{Microhylidae-stub