What is Microhylidae?
{{Taxobox | name = Microhylidae | image = Gastrophryne carolinensis.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Eastern narrowmouth toad (''[[Gastrophryne]]'') | fossil_range = early [[Miocene]] to Recent <br/>24{{ndash}}0 mya | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Anura]] | subordo = [[Neobatrachia]] | familia = '''Microhylidae''' | familia_authority = [[Albert C.L.G. Günther|Günther]], 1858 | range_map = Microhylidae map-1-.png | range_map_width = 240px | range_map_caption = Distribution of Microhylidae (in black)}} '''Microhylidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[frog]]s. There are 495 species in 68 [[genus|genera]] and nine subfamilies. This is the largest number of genera of any frog family.<ref name=Blackburn2011>{{cite journal| author=Blackburn D.C. & Wake D.B.| title=Class Amphibia (Gray, 1825). In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness | journal=Zootaxa| volume=3148| year=2011| pages=39–55| doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.8 | url=http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p055.pdf}}</ref> ==Description== Microhylids are mostly small frogs. Many species have bodies shorter than {{convert|1.5|cm|in}} in length from nose to rear end. The largest microhylids are {{convert|9|cm|in}}.<ref name=EoR>{{cite book |editor=Cogger H.G. & Zweifel R.G.|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of reptiles and amphibians|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofre0000unse_h2i0|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|pages= [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofre0000unse_h2i0/page/102 102]–103|isbn= 0-12-178560-2}}</ref> They can live in trees or on land. Some will even live close to water. The ground dwellers are often found under leaf litter within forests. The sometimes go out at night to hunt. There are two main shapes for the microhylids. One shape is with wide bodies and narrow mouths. The other shape is the normal frog shape. Those with narrow mouths eat [[termite]]s and [[ant