About Microhyla fissipes Boulenger, 1884
Microhyla fissipes is a small microhylid frog species. Males measure 22–27 mm (0.87–1.06 in) and females measure 25–28 mm (0.98–1.10 in) in snout-vent length, and tadpoles are correspondingly small at around 22 mm (0.87 in) in total length. Microhyla fissipes is a common and widespread species that occurs across many habitat types, including lowland scrub forests, grassland, agricultural land, pastureland, and urban areas. It has a sub-fossorial habit, and is also found in forest floor leaf litter. It is mostly nocturnal, and is only active during the day in the rainy season. It breeds in rain pools and other still water bodies. It tolerates habitat modification, and can also live on non-intensively farmed agricultural land. In Peninsular Malaysia, this species inhabits upper hill and montane forest, where it can be found on low vegetation or around puddles or waterlogged areas.
