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title: "Ornate Narrow-mouthed Toad"
description: "Microhyla ornata — Anfibi. Microhyla ornata, commonly known as the ornate narrow-mouthed frog, ornate narrow-mouthed toad, or ornamented pygmy frog, is a species of microhylid frog found in South Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/ornate-narrow-mouthed-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Ornate Narrow-mouthed Toad

> Microhyla ornata — Anfibi. Microhyla ornata, commonly known as the ornate narrow-mouthed frog, ornate narrow-mouthed toad, or ornamented pygmy frog, is a species of microhylid frog found in South Asia.

- Scientific name: *Microhyla ornata*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 856
- Wikidata: [Q2715667](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2715667)
- iNaturalist taxon: [24842](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24842)

## Names

- en: Ornate Narrow-mouthed Toad
- de: Ornament-Dreiecksfrosch
- nl: Smalbekpad

## Countries with the most observations

IN (309), LK (38), BD (5)

## Summary

Microhyla ornata, commonly known as the ornate narrow-mouthed frog, ornate narrow-mouthed toad, or ornamented pygmy frog, is a species of microhylid frog found in South Asia. This amphibian is distributed in Kashmir, Nepal, peninsular India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was previously considered to be the same species as Microhyla fissipes; therefore, the aforementioned common names can refer to either species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microhyla_ornata

## Photo

![Ornate Narrow-mouthed Toad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ornate-narrow-mouthed-toad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Haneesh K M · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88802902

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ornate-narrow-mouthed-toad?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).