_Oaxaca_: Donaji (8); Sarabia (11); Tolosita (15); Ubero
(6). _Veracruz_: 19 km. N of Acayucan (4); Alvarado (5);
Aquilera; 8 km. SW of Coatzacoalcos; 10 km. SE of Hueyapan
(7); Lerdo de Tejada; Tula (3).
Widespread in the forests, scrub, and savannas on the Gulf lowlands of
the isthmus, these frogs were found breeding at numerous localities.
Males call from grasses and bushes growing in and about ponds. The
call is a high-pitched insect-like trill. At night these frogs are pale
yellow above; they change to light grayish tan during the day. A dark
stripe extends from the nostril to the eye and thence posteriorly to a
point between the axilla and groin. Above this dark stripe is a broader
white stripe. Scattered on the dorsum are brown flecks or spots; the
shanks are marked with poorly-defined cross-bars. The thighs are deep
yellow below and paler above with scattered dark flecks. The belly is
white, and the vocal sac is yellow. The iris is golden. Twenty males
have an average snout-vent length of 21.5 mm.; three females, 24.0 mm.
=Hyla robertmertensi= Taylor
_Oaxaca_: Tapanatepec (28); 7.5 km. NW of Tapanatepec (38);
7.2 km. WNW of Zanatepec (77).
This species was found in the isthmian region only on the Pacific
lowlands at the southern base of the western part of the Sierra Madre
de Chiapas. On July 13, 1956, many large choruses were discovered. The
calling males were on reeds and thorn scrub in and at the edge of
temporary ponds; the call is a cricket-like "creak-creack," quickly
followed by a series of notes "creak-eek-eek-eek-eek."
At night the dorsal ground color is pale yellow; this changes to
pinkish buff during the day. There is a grayish or brown dark stripe
from the nostril to the eye; the stripe continues to the groin. This
dark stripe is bordered above by a narrow white stripe. The belly is
white, and the vocal sac is yellow. The iris is dull reddish brown.
Twenty-five males have an average snout-vent length of 24.7 mm.
=Hyla staufferi= Cope
_Oaxaca_: Chivela; Huilotepec (5); Juchitan (4); Matias
Romero (4); 25 km. N of Matias Romero; Mixtequilla (4); Rio
Sarabia (11); 11 km. S of Santiago Chivela; Sarabia (3);
Tapanatepec (67); Tehuantepec (66); Tolosita (2); Ubero;
Union Hidalgo; Zanatepec (6). _Veracruz_: Acayucan (7);
Alvarado (3); Amatitlan; Aquilera; Ciudad Aleman (3); 8 km.
SW of Coatzacoalcos (9); Cosamaloapan (4); Cosoleacaque (8);
10 km. SE of Hueyapan; Lerdo de Tejada; Novillero (6); Tula
(2).
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