''Microhyla pulchra'' is a species of narrow-mouthed frog found in northeastern

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, southern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, and

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south to at least

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

but possibly as far south as

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

and

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

. It has also been introduced to

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

.Wostl, Elijah, Eric N. Smith, and Robert N. Reed. 2016. ''Origin and Identity of Fejervarya (Anura: Dicroglossidae) on Guam''. Pacific Science 70(2):233-241. https://doi.org/10.2984/70.2.9 It has many common names, including beautiful pygmy frog, Guangdong rice frog, and marbled pygmy frog. ''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.

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pulchra Amphibians of Cambodia Amphibians of China Fauna of Hong Kong Frogs of India Amphibians of Laos Amphibians of Thailand Amphibians of Vietnam Amphibians described in 1861 {{Microhylidae-stub