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Microhyla kodial
Range
Discovered in urban Mangalore, Karnataka
Size
Males 16.9-17.4mm; females 18.0-20.4mm
Microhyla kodial, the Mangaluru narrow-mouthed frog, is likely endemic to a small portion of India and was discovered in the urban part of Mangalore. It is not closely related to any native Indian Microhyla; genetic analysis indicates that its closest relatives are Southeast Asian Microhyla, namely the Microhyla achatina clade (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is a very small species, with a snout-vent length of about 16.9-17.4 mm in males and 18.0-20.4 mm in females. The snout is rounded from above and below, the canthus rostralis indistinct, and the snout protrudes beyond the mouth seen from below. There are no vertebral stripes and no superciliary tubercles (Wikipedia, general species account).