In life individuals from the Pacific lowlands were dull brown and gray;
those from Acayucan were dark chocolate brown to black with pink or red
blotches, forearms, and dorsal stripe. Not all specimens from the
Atlantic lowlands are so colored; individuals from Cordoba and
Mirador, Veracruz, are like those from Tehuantepec.
=Leptodactylus labialis= Cope
_Oaxaca_: Agua Caliente; Chivela (2); Matias Romero (12); 33
km. N of Matias Romero (4); Mixtequilla; Santa Efigenia;
Tapanatepec; Tehuantepec (38); Tolosita (2); 33 km. W of
Zanatepec (49). _Veracruz_: Acayucan (3); Ciudad Aleman;
Cuatotolapam (10); Hueyapan; La Oaxaquena (4); 38 km. SE of
Jesus Carranza; 20 km. ENE of Jesus Carranza; Novillero (3);
San Lorenzo (2).
Although _Leptodactylus labialis_ does not appear to be so abundant as
_Leptodactylus melanonotus_, the former was found throughout the
lowlands of the isthmus. In the dry season individuals were found along
streams, and in the rainy season breeding congregations were found in
rain pools, marshes, ponds, and even small puddles. The call is a slow
"wort, wort, wort." Males call beneath the water and from beneath rocks
and from holes in the ground. The average snout-vent length of eight
adult males is 37.2 mm. A completely metamorphosed juvenile obtained at
Hueyapan on July 24, 1956, has a snout-vent length of 11 mm.
=Leptodactylus melanonotus= Hallowell
_Oaxaca_: Agua Caliente (25); Cerro Arenal (2); Cerro
Quiengola (3); Cerro San Pedro (3); Chivela (2); Coyol;
Juchitan; Matias Romero (11); Mixtequilla (2); Papaloapan
(2); Salazar (9); Salina Cruz; 11 km. S of Santiago Chivela;
Tapanatepec (17); Tehuantepec (176); Tolosita; Union
Hidalgo; 27 km. W of Zanatepec (6). _Veracruz_: Acayucan;
Cuatotolapam (9); Cosoleacaque; 20 km. ENE of Jesus Carranza
(2); 20 km. SE of Minatitlan (2); Novillero; San Lorenzo
(6).
This frog is abundant throughout the lowlands of the isthmus, where in
the dry season individuals were found along streams and beneath rocks
at a spring seepage. In the rainy season males were calling from nearly
every bit of standing water. The call is a soft clicking sound
resembling that made by striking two small stones together. The average
snout-vent length of ten adult males is 41.8 mm. There is considerable
variation in the extent of the yellowish brown glandular areas on the
belly. Some have none, whereas others have a broad area on the chest, a
band along the flanks, and a thin band across the lower abdomen.
Individuals collected in the dry season vary in the same fashion as do
those collected in the rainy season, at which time they were breeding.
The glands are equally well-developed in adults of both sexes, and were
present in some juveniles with snout-vent lengths of less than 20 mm.
Apparently the development of the glands is not associated with
maturity, sex, or size.
=Diaglena reticulata= Taylor
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