Many populations of Micryletta found across southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands were formerly classified under this species, but a 2019 study found most of these to represent either undescribed taxa of Micryletta or to fall under already-described related species such as M. erythropoda.
A 2019 study revealed that many populations of Micryletta across southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands, which were previously considered part of this species, are actually distinct unnamed taxa within Micryletta or belong to known related species such as M. erythropoda.