A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus PtychohylaDuellman, William Edward
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A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Central America; Amphibians -- Mexico; Ptychohyla
_P. euthysanota_ (Pl. 11B).--One long note is repeated six to nine
times at intervals of 2.7 to 3.4 seconds and has an average dominant
frequency of 3070 cycles per second.
_P. leonhardschultzei_ (Pl. 11C).--One long note is repeated once
after 10 to 13 seconds and has an average dominant frequency of 2750
cycles per second.
_P. schmidtorum_ (Pl. 11D).--The complete call consists of one short
series of notes alternating with two long series. Numbers of notes per
series in one individual having a typical call were 5-8-8-3-9-9. The
average dominant frequency of notes in the short and long series alike
is 3400 cycles per second.
_P. ignicolor_ (Pl. 11E).--The complete call consists of a short
series of notes alternating with a long series. In one complete
recording the numbers of notes in these series were 4-13-3-11. The
notes in the short series have an average dominant frequency of 2100
cycles per second, whereas the notes in the long series have an
average dominant frequency of 3150 cycles per second. The four series
of notes were given in one minute and 15 seconds.
SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNTS
The museum catalogue numbers of the specimens examined, together with
the localities from which they came, are listed at the end of the
account of each subspecies or monotypic species. The localities that
are represented by symbols on the distribution map (Fig. 7) are in
roman type; those that are not represented on the map, because
overlapping of symbols would have occurred, are in italic type.
=Ptychohyla= Taylor, 1944
_Ptychohyla_ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 30:41, May 15, 1944.
Type, _Ptychohyla adipoventris_ Taylor, 1944 [= _Hyla
leonhardschultzei_ (Ahl), 1934].
_Diagnosis._--Small hylids having stream-adapted tadpoles and
differing from other hylid genera in having large ventrolateral glands
in breeding males.
_Composition._--Five species, two of which are made up of two
subspecies, arranged in two groups of species on the basis of
morphological characters of adults and tadpoles and on the basis of
breeding calls.
_Distribution._--Moderate elevations from southern Guerrero and
northern Oaxaca, Mexico, to northern El Salvador and central Honduras.
KEY TO ADULTS
1. A weak tarsal fold; outer fingers one-third webbed; males
having spiny nuptial tuberosities; color in life tan or brown
with blotches or reticulations, never green; iris bronze color
_P. euthysanota_ group--2
No tarsal fold; outer fingers having only vestige of web;
males lacking nuptial tuberosities; color in life green or
brown; iris red or golden color _P. schmidtorum_ group--5
2. Chest, throat, and flanks usually having brown or black spots;
no distinct white stripe on upper lip or on flanks; a faint
white line usually present above anal opening; a rostral keel 3
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