Microhyla boulengeri Vogt, 1913 Microhyla latastii Boulenger, 1920 Microhyla grahami Stejneger, 1924 Microhyla sowerbyi Stejneger, 1924 Microhyla cantonensis Chen, 1929 The painted chorus frog (Microhyla butleri), also commonly known as Butler's narrow-mouthed toad, Butler's pigmy frog, Butler's rice frog, Butler's ricefrog, noisy frog or tubercled pygmy frog, is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae.
It is found in northeast India, Myanmar, southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore.
[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, ponds, open excavations, and irrigated land.
They are brownish on their back, pale reddish on the sides and limbs, and whitish beneath.
[3] Microhyla butleri has recently been added to the 'Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (BTNR) checklist in 2019.