A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta GroupDuellman, William Edward
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A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta Group
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Central America; Hyla
_Description of Holotype._--Adult male having a snout-vent lenth of
44.4 mm.; tibia length, 22.2 mm., 50 per cent of snout-vent length;
foot length (measured from proximal edge of inner metatarsal tubercle
to tip of longest toe), 20.4 mm.; greatest width of head, 14.0 mm.,
31.5 per cent of snout-vent length; head length, 13.6 mm., 30.6 per
cent of snout-vent length; diameter of eye, 5.0 mm.; diameter of
tympanum, 1.6 mm., 32.0 per cent of diameter of eye. Snout in lateral
profile bluntly rounded, in dorsal profile truncate (Fig. 3); canthus
pronounced, rounded, not angular; loreal region slightly concave; lips
thick, rounded, not flaring; nostrils slightly protuberant;
internarial distance, 3.7 mm.; interorbital distance, 4.1 mm.,
somewhat broader than width of eyelid, 3.3 mm. A heavy dermal fold
from posterior corner of eye above tympanum and then to insertion of
forearm; tympanum round, its diameter three-fourths its distance from
eye. Forearm rather slender; a short axillary membrane; no fold on
wrist; no nuptial excrescence or spines on enlarged prepollex;
subarticular tubercles moderately small, round; none bifid; few
supernumerary tubercles on proximal segments of digits; large, flat
palmar tubercle present; fingers long and slender; length of fingers
from shortest to longest, 1-2-4-3; discs moderately large, that on
third finger about equal to diameter of tympanum; rudimentary web
between first and second fingers; web between third and fourth fingers
extending to about one-fifth length of fourth finger (Fig. 1). Heels
overlap by about one-third length of tibia when hind limbs adpressed;
tibiotarsal articulation extends to middle of eye; tarsal fold weak,
extending from moderately large, flat, elliptical inner metatarsal
tubercle to middle of tarsus; outer metatarsal tubercle minute, round,
indistinct; subarticular tubercles round; single row of small, round
supernumerary tubercles on proximal segments of each digit; toes
moderately short and slender; length of toes from shortest to longest,
1-2-3-5-4, third and fifth about equal in length; toes about
three-fourths webbed; web extending to base of terminal phalanx of
fourth toe; discs small, about two-thirds size of those on fingers.
Anal opening directed posteroventrally at middle of thighs; two
transverse dermal folds above anus; short, thin anal sheath present;
many small tubercles lateral and ventral to anal opening. Skin of
dorsum, chin, and ventral surfaces of limbs smooth; belly moderately
granular; posterior surfaces of thighs heavily granular; no thoracic
fold. Tongue nearly round, shallowly notched behind, free posteriorly
for about one-fourth its length; vomerine teeth, 3-4, long, situated
on posteroventral edges of narrow transverse vomerine ridges between
moderately large, round inner nares; no vocal slits.
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